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The postcards and posters of the war period
deposited in the collection of the Diorama museum were very
popular at the fronts. More than 800 postcards, using the
originals of both renowned painters and young artists, were
created during the siege, with "Leningrad in the days
of Patriotic War", "The Baltics' heroes" and
"In the enemy's rear" being the most known. They
were usually topical and keen but moving and highly artistic
as well.
Several publishing houses like "Iskusstvo
(Art)", "Voenizdat (Army Publishers)" NKO,
LOSSKh (Leningrad Branch of the Union of Soviet Artists) etc.
printed postcards in severe years of the siege. The sets published
in the front conditions are truly unique.
Posters (usually lithographic prints) created
by the "Boevoy Karandash (Fighting Pencil)" authors
were sharp and professional. The "Karandash (Pencil)"
logo - a palette and rifle with a pencil leveled as a bayonet
was well known in the country. Its first issue was published
immediately after Great Patriotic War broke out - on June
23, 1941, though its history began in the years of the war
against Finland from the wallpaper of Leningrad Branch of
the Union of Soviet Artists. I.Astapov, V.Kurdov, V.Galba,
N.Muratov, Yu.Petrov, N.Kholodov, N.Byliev, V.Tambi, V.Kobelev
were among the creators of the "Karandash (Pencil) ".
The 28 authors, artists and poets, belonged to the team, each
forth of them perished in the war.
Being at the front line of the war, some
artists managed to paint portraits of their friends and create
genre sketches documenting episodes of the front life. Their
works communicate the unvarnished reality of those dramatic
days. Pieces by L.Frolova-Bagreeva, A.Kharshak, B.Khomenko,
A.Chalova and others, being illustrated documents of the epoch,
are kept in the museum.
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