The evolution of propaganda posters reflected what Soviet women were supposed to be like and their changing image and role in society.
Dan Gelbart - 1968
Despite the fact that most of the Soviet population during the interwar period was undernourished, leading artists of the time worked on posters advertising food products.
As you may know, dogs went to space before we did and there is a fascinating history to delve into. We explain the timeline from the first ..
What war, peace, and mass culture have to do with theater masterpieces and literary classics.
The 1920s in Russia weren't exactly what people had hoped they would be. After the 1917 Russian Revolution brought down the old regime and the Soviets took over, there was a swelling sense of hope in a potential egalitarian Communist future. Yet only a few years later, censorship was curtailing art and free expression. Fortunately, no one was paying much attention to the children's books.
Soviet Space Posters Artists from the Soviet Union looked to the skies and foresaw a Utopia in space. The Communists would bring peace and prosperity not only to the people of Earth but also to the technology-enabled, God-free Great Beyond. The artists created Soviet Space posters, vivid, energising and inspiring visions of the rosy-fingered dawn … Continue reading "61 Sensational Soviet Space Posters"
About Original vintage Soviet movie poster for the science fiction film Storm Planet (Планета бурь / Planeta Bura / aka Cosmonauts on Venus) directed by Pavel Klushantsev and starring Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov and Gennadi Vernov. Dynamic illustration of a robot holding up a cosmonaut in one hand as another cosmonaut tries to rescue him, against black and red flame background with the stylised title and credit text below. [This sci-fi film was remade as Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet and released in USA in 1965, then as Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women in 1968.] Very good condition, backed on linen.
Once again I was wondering how to combine something retro with something modern, so this time I decided to do a strange combination of comic book heroes and Soviet propaganda posters.
The astonishing power of 1920s poster art in post-Revolutionary Russia
