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Daily LIFT #367
Emblem of the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow 1985 -- Daily LIFT #367 "After an impressive competition the official...
Michael Laxer
Jan 10, 20212 min read


Daily LIFT #361
Peace, Friendship, Solidarity - No to Fascism!, Viktor Koretsky, USSR 1977 -- Daily LIFT #361 As relevant a message as ever.
Michael Laxer
Jan 4, 20211 min read


Candido Portinari, b. December 29, 1903
Brazilian Artist and Communist. Fishing - 1932 "Art workers can do a great deal to create a better and more just world. This calls for...
Michael Laxer
Dec 29, 20201 min read


Daily LIFT #353
Lenin visits the children at the Sokolniki Holiday Tree, People’s Artist of the RSFSR and People’s Artist of the USSR Nikolai Zhukov...
Michael Laxer
Dec 24, 20201 min read


Daily LIFT #351
Save the World - Peace Poster 1969, Yevgeny V. Abezgus (1933-1980), USSR -- Daily LIFT #351
Michael Laxer
Dec 21, 20201 min read


Daily LIFT #346
For Peace, National Independence, Democracy, Social Progress - Soviet Poster 1976 -- Daily LIFT #346
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 20201 min read


Summer, 1959-1960, Arkady Plastov (1893-1972) USSR
Summer, 1959-1960, Arkady Plastov (1893-1972) USSR Plastov, an Order of Lenin, Lenin and Stalin Prize winner was a leader of a movement...
Michael Laxer
Dec 12, 20201 min read


Revolutionary artist Diego Rivera, b. December 8, 1886
Mexican artist, muralist and leftist Diego Rivera was born December 8, 1886. His remarkable murals included famous revolutionary figures...
Michael Laxer
Dec 8, 20201 min read


The art of Yuri Raksha, b. December 2, 1937
A look at the Soviet artist whose promise was tragically cut short when he died at age 42 in 1980. Born December 2, 1937, Soviet artist...
Michael Laxer
Dec 2, 20202 min read


The art of Yuri Pimenov, People's Artist of the USSR
On the anniversary of his birth (November 26, 1903) we revisit Pimenov's work through 50 of his best pieces. Yuri Pimenov, one of the...
Michael Laxer
Nov 26, 20203 min read
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