UNDISCOVERED SOCIALIST REALISM OF THE XX CENTURY
Copyrights © April Group Fine Art - LeningradArtist.com / Lev Alexandrovich Russov, Song by Till, 1956
Soviet fine art has been steadily growing in popularity and value, both domestically and internationally. Art collectors and investors from all parts of the globe are buying Socialist Realism paintings from USSR, like never before. However, even with all this success, the majority of Soviet artists and their artworks remain unknown to the Western World. This is beginning to change.
| The “April Group Fine Arts” and the “Russian Painting Collectors Club” came together to create one of the most stunning private collections of Soviet art that can easily compete with any state museum in Russia or abroad. Naturally we, at Soviet Jewelry, decided to join these groups and help promote Soviet art to the world. That is why we invite everyone (especially collectors and investors) to visit and explore their website: One book, unlike any other, introduces this project, the artists and of course the artworks to the western world. It is called the “Unknown Socialist Realism - The Leningrad School” by Sergay Ivanov. “The book is a first inclusive publication on the history of the Leningrad School -- one of the brightest and significant phenomena for Soviet Art of 1930-1980 that strongly influenced its contents and development. It outlines the basic periods of the school's evolution; from the period that preceded its formation in the early 1930s, up to the early 1990s. Paintings reproduced in the publication belong to large Russian and other foreign private collections. Some of the works are published for the first time. This allows for a more comprehensive assessment of the art heritage of individual painters and the epoch in general. The publication contains a historical outline, biographies of artists, photographs and an extensive reference section that helps to navigate the book materials and provides the reader with important historical guidelines. Texts are published in Russian and English.” [1] |  Copyrights © LeningradArtist.com / L. A. Russov, Necked Model, 1961  |
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 © LeningradArtist.com / A. Semionov, River, 1960 | Why Soviet Art? Because this specific art category has a very unique situation that is now extremely favorable to investors and collectors. How so? During the existence of USSR, socialist realism was not only encouraged, but it was also to a large extent supported by the government. Exhibitions were organized, books, catalogs and articles were published, artists were prospering. Then came the 1990s. Soviet Union, soviet culture, soviet way of life – all things soviet had simply collapsed. Thousands of previously well known and respected artists (both living and those that passed away) lost everything from state support and money savings, to the fame and respect they earned. This in turn took most Soviet artists out of the international art community. The only other way to describe this occurrence is to imagine pressing a pause button on all Soviet art and culture. It stayed like this for over two decades. Only now are things beginning to change. |
| So why is this favorable to modern day investors and collectors? It is favorable because, for the most part, the Soviet artists and their artworks are well documented. All the artists’ recorded accomplishments did not disappear along with the Soviet Union. They stayed in local, regional and national libraries, archives and registries accumulating dust and awaiting their resurrection. If one is to dig deep enough, stunning information with great details, imagery and substance can easily be found. It is precisely this information that is crucial when the time comes to “marketing” the undiscovered artist and their artworks. Those who realize this are taking full advantage of the situation by heavily investing in well documented Soviet art. Just think, there are vast amounts of well documented artists and artworks, full of potential, which has never been explored. |  Copyrights © LeningradArtist.com / L. A. Russov, Zoya, 1957 |
From purely an investors perspective, this is a gold mine. With a relatively little amount of money one can purchase a large amount of artworks. After which, one can do the necessary research, hire professional art marketers, make several publications and suddenly a new artist, artwork or an entire collection emerges into the international market of art, antiques and collectibles. Records are broken, money is made.
Copyrights © LeningradArtist.com / G. Savinov, Country Store, 1961
This is not a hypothetical scenario; this is what is happening right now, this very moment! What is even more exiting is that the April Group has done most of the work for you, by locating exquisite and rare Soviet art, identifying and cataloging each artist, creating provenance for every artwork and publishing this in a prestigious and well written book. Furthermore, they are one of the few organizations in Russia that legally and officially handle all export matters, in so delivering high-quality authentic Soviet art to any part of the world in accordance with local rules and regulations.
We invite all not just to look at these beautiful works of art, but also to seriously consider investing in this new and vibrant market. Because we formed a great relationship with the top management of the April Group, feel free to contact them directly OR address your questions, requests and desires to us and we will be more than happy speak on your behalf with the key people at April Group Fine Art.
We invite all not just to look at these beautiful works of art, but also to seriously consider investing in this new and vibrant market. Because we formed a great relationship with the top management of the April Group, feel free to contact them directly OR address your questions, requests and desires to us and we will be more than happy speak on your behalf with the key people at April Group Fine Art.
Copyrights © LeningradArtist.com / E.Kozlov, Breakfast, 1965
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1 - http://www.amazon.com/Unknown-Socialist-Realism-Leningrad-School/dp/5901724216
2 - http://www.leningradartist.com
3 - http://www.leningradschool.com
4 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_School_of_Painting
5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Russov
6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_branch_of_Union_of_Artists_of_Russian_Federation
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