Stavropol on Volga
1953
Ref. # 001-014
oil on mesonite
35x50 cm
1953
oil on mesonite
35x50 cm
Stavropol on Volga, painted on the eve of being flooded by the dam.
Eryomin worked as an artist during the construction, his task being to draw the propagande posters and banners to show socialist progress.
At the same time, he was concerned about the disppearance of the old Russia. Two months after he painted this painting, only the church tower was visible.
Ref. # 001-014