Ridd. Painting “Invincible Stalingrad – the Cemetery of German Fascism.”
Cuba ,
1945
МЗСБ КП 7479
25.7 x 38.4; mat 37.4 x 49 cm
cardboard, oil, manuscript, drawing ink, gluing, cropping
The painter depicted the Square of the Fallen Fighters in the last days of the Stalingrad Battle: a Red Army soldier is hoisting a flag on the Red Army House, a column of war prisoners is moving across the square, in the background on the left the ruins of Central Department Store and other buildings can be seen. The painter was inspired by a photo taken by Grigory Kapustyansky, special correspondent of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. This photo known under the caption “The Victory Flag in Stalingrad on February 3, 1943” was featured in the world’s leading mass media. The picture is fixed on a cardboard passe-partout; the inscription on the lower edge made in the Russian language reads: “Invincible Stalingrad – cemetery of the German fascism”. The inscription to the right reads: “Ridd S”, the inscription below: “Havana / 1945”.
See also
Carved vase
China ,
May 1954
Carved vase
A gift from the delegation of Chinese cultural workers who visited Stalingrad in May 1954. The metal vase is covered with numerous layers of varnish (resin) and decorated with carvings. The master sought the volume and complexity of the counter-relief. The inside and the bottom of the vase are finished with monochrome enamel (cobalt)
Miniature globe
Yugoslavia ,
1949
Miniature globe
Miniature globe. A gift to the youth of the Krasny Oktyabr factory (Stalingrad) from the youth of the Mikron plant (Belgrade), before 1949
Belgrade
Cape of demonstrators for peace and disarmament
Australia ,
September 1963
Cape of demonstrators for peace and disarmament
Inscriptions on one side: "Disarmament / is the only shelter / that guarantees / survival"; on the other: "Peace / permanent / essential / Nuclear free". A gift from the Australian communists studying in Volgograd, September 1963