Painting
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Italian painting, 1937
Text: NA. Year: 1937. Artist: Basilio Cascella. Additional information: Painting shows Mussolini shirtless while skiing on Monte Terminillo. Basilio Cascella, an Italian artist, along with his son Michele, produced a number of Mussolini-themed public artworks in the 1930s. These included grand mosaics for Milan and Messina train stations, an agricultural series showing Mussolini at work…
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Finnish painting, ca. 1940-41
Text: NA. Year: ca. 1940-41. Publisher: NA. Artist: Aarno Karimo. Additional information: Finnish painting (ca. 1940-41) depicting Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, then commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces, with Finnish soldiers battling the Soviets. Painted between the Winter War and Continuation War. Mannerheim, a war hero, led the anti-Bolshevik Whites during the Finnish Civil War and…
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It has come to pass (Soviet painting, 1960)
Text: NA. Year: 1960. Publisher: NA. Artist: Sergei Lukin. Additional information: The painting depicts a Bolshevik revolutionary standing next to the Tsar’s throne in the Winter Palace, symbolizing the triumph of the October Revolution. Created by Lukin to commemorate the anniversary of the revolution, currently housed in the V. I. Lenin Museum.
