Bumper Harvest, paper cut, design by Tsu Hsu, cut by Wang Hung, People's Republic of China c. 1955 -- Daily LIFT #2117

The School Comes on Horseback, gouache, Chen Yen, People's Republic of China c. 1975

"The Azalea Blossoms in the Chingkang Mountains Are Red Every Year", woodcut, Tsou Ta-ching, People's Republic of China c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2092 From the PRC Press: "The Azalea Blossoms in the Chingkang Mountains Are Red Every Year" features a school graduate making her home in the countryside. To emphasize the vigor of youth, it uses rugged, blunt strokes against a symbolic background.

Presents from Peking, traditional-style painting. Wu Chi-chung, Chou Po and Lin Yung, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2091 From the PRC press: Three young artists from Kwangtung province, Wu Chi-chung, Chou Po and Lin Yung, produced the traditional-style painting "Presents from Peking". It depicts the people of the Hsisha Islands and armymen stationed there, fresh from their victory in a self-defense counterattack battle. They are opening gifts — Chairman M

"Building an Aqueduct", oil painting, Sun Kuo-chi and Chang Hung-tsan, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2090 From the PRC Press: Another oil, "Building an Aqueduct" by Sun Kuo-chi and Chang Hung-tsan, portrays young commune members battling the elements with revolutionary optimism and overcoming the lack of machinery by using home-devised methods. The snowbound worksite in the background heightens the impression the picture gives of the commune members' figh

"Drilling Begins", oil painting, Li Shu-chi, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2089 From the PRC Press: "Drilling Begins", an oil by Li Shu-chi, shows a typical scene of oil workers emulating the spirit of the famous model worker, the late Iron Man Wang, to produce more oil for the country. In it husky men are braving a downpour to get drilling started.

Soviet Square in Ulan-Ude, painting G S. Sadykov, USSR 1958-59 -- Daily LIFT #1711

Futuristic Soviet Space Illustration, Andrei Sokolov, USSR 1960 -- Daily LIFT #1705 Artist's description: The cosmonauts check the first...

Comrade Enver Hoxha, oil painting Vilson Kilica, People's Socialist Republic of Albania 1977 -- Daily LIFT #1700

Discussing That Unsatisfactory Mark at School, Painting by S. GRIGORYEV, USSR Art Exhibition of 1950 -- Daily LIFT #1690 From the Soviet...

An Honored Steelmaker and His Team, painting, G. Gorelov, USSR late 1950s --Daily LIFT #1686

Blast Furnace No. 1, P. Kotov, USSR 1930 -- Daily LIFT #1685 From the Soviet Press, 1959: A frequently used background in Soviet painting...

How Beautiful!, I. Zarins, USSR c. 1959 -- Daily LIFT #1683 From the Soviet press: "At a recent exhibition Zarins , a young Latvian...

The People's Army Loves the People and the People Love the People's Army, painting Chang Pi-Wu, People's Republic of China 1951 -- Daily...

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Repairing the Locomotive, painting, Lu Hua, People's Republic of China, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #1653

Lenin portrait, 1924, Irakli Gamrekeli, USSR -- Daily LIFT #1639 Irakli Gamrekeli (5 May 1894 – 10 May 1943) was a famed and popular...

Lenin at the Red Dawn -- painting, Boris Vladimirski, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, 1930

Sketch for a poster for the 3rd anniversary of the October Revolution, watercolor on half-cardboard, Yuri Bondi, USSR 1920 -- Daily LIFT...

Youth, painting, V. Yefanov, Member of the USSR Academy of Arts, USSR, 1963 -- Daily LIFT #1610