Who painted “V. I. Lenin in Razliv in 1917”?

“V. I. Lenin in Razliv in 1917” was painted by Arkady Rylov in 1934. Where to see it: Russian Museum.

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Socialist Realism: confident, academic realism about happy workers, collective farms, leaders and Soviet daily life; Social Realism criticises society instead of celebrating it.

Arkady Alexandrovich Rylov (29 January 1870 – 22 June 1939) was a Russian and Soviet Symbolist painter. Wikipedia

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“In High Azure”, 1918
“Sunset”, 1917
“Self-Portrait”, 1930s
“Green noise”, 1902
“Swans over Kama”, 1920
“Seagulls”, 1910
“Quiet lake”, 1908
“Violent wind”, 1916