Ural Carriage Works - frescoes and paintings

Leonid Kaganov writes: “I can't help but share the beautiful again. Since we are at a conference in Yekaterinburg, today my fellow science fiction writers and I went on an excursion to Nizhny Tagil.”

(Total 19 photos)

Source: lleo.me

1. In the photo Vadim Panov

2. And visited the famous Ural Carriage Works there

3. The plant has a rich history - during the war years it was created by heroic labor literally in the middle of the forest, and later became one of the world's largest tank factories. These tanks are exported everywhere

4. There is a temple near the factory. The abbot told us his story, I'll tell it to you, it's worth it. So, in the late 90s - early 2000s, the plant experienced difficult times. There was no work, there was nothing to pay wages. Then the head of the plant decided to build a temple. The factory workers were outraged that the rest of the funds went not to pay salaries to people, but to build a temple. But as soon as the temple began to be built, God's miracle happened: suddenly India ordered a lot of tanks. And the plant rose again. The temple is decorated with frescoes. This one shows a burning Reichstag, beaten Nazis (or our fallen heroes?), As well as tanks

5. We visited two museums - the Museum of Tanks and the Museum of History, climbed the tanks, took pictures. The tanks are beautiful, but I'll post pictures of the tanks another time, but today we'll talk about art. Leaving, I noticed a brochure about the plant, which, among other facts, mentioned that Uralvagonzavod collects paintings, in particular, he has a painting by Kuindzhi “Night on the Dnieper”. Well, the one with the luminous moon, you know. Berezin and I were surprised - isn't she in the Tretyakov Gallery? And how did you get to UVZ, and how to watch it? It turned out that Kuindzhi had six such paintings, and UVZ was engaged in the evacuation of paintings during the war years, and somehow agreed with the CPSU Central Committee to purchase one for the factory club. They didn’t show her to us - they say she is now in some kind of storeroom. But it turned out by chance that an exhibition of contemporary artists (not local, mostly Muscovites and St. Petersburg) called "Presidents of Russia" is taking place within the walls of the plant right now. We asked to show us this miracle without fail, and the miracle was shown to us. A room full of contemporary paintings was opened for us. Check it out. For example - A. Vygalov "B. Yeltsin", "V. Putin", "D. Medvedev" - oil on canvas, 2012

6. It's just pure Andy Warhol

7. Putin in a birch forest on his favorite horse with his favorite dog

8. D. Shcheglov "Yeltsin on Chusovaya" - oil on canvas, 2013

9. T. Dubo??? "Gratitude" - oil on canvas, 2013

10. E. Sharp “Barcode Russia. V. Putin.” — oil on canvas, 2013

11. V. Bratetsky "V. Putin and R. Kadyrov" - watercolor on canvas, 2012

12. T. Bukulina (?) "Take care of Russia" - oil on canvas, 2013

13. Incredibly beautiful S. Khondkaryan "New Era" - oil on canvas, 2013

14. E. Akulova “In the shade of birches. Portrait of B.N. Yeltsin” — oil on canvas, 2013

15. E. Babushkin “Yeltsin. "Kremlin" head. — canvas, oil, 2012

16. E. Babushkin “Medvedev. "Kremlin" head. — oil on canvas, 2013

17. Too allegorical Yu.Kazantsev - "V.Putin in the office." — canvas, oil, 2012

18. Ardently stands guard over the past pictorial traditions S. Kostylev "There is strength in unity" - oil on canvas, 2013

19. But here I won’t say exactly who is depicted, there is an assumption that N. Tolokonnikova

PS: If you are expecting some evaluative comments from me, they will not be - other miracles do not need evaluative comments at all. Just enjoy contemporary Russian painting of the last two years. Like me