The Great Patriotic War has become one of the most highlighted subjects in the fine arts. The stamps of this issue feature artworks by A. Deyneka, G. Korzhev, E. Moiseyenko, G. Moskalev and V. Pereyaslavets.
Aleksandr Deyneka (1899–1969) was a Russian Soviet painter, a muralist, a graphic artist, a sculptor and an educator. During the Great Patriotic War, he made political posters for the Windows of TASS military defense poster workshop, and he used to go to the front. Some of his famous artworks are The Mother, To-be Pilots, The Defense of Sevastopol, The Downed Ace and others.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of painter Aleksandr Deyneka against the backdrop of his painting Onboard a Ship.
Geliy Korzhev (1925–2012) was a Soviet and Russian artist, a painter and an educator. He is an Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1970; a Corresponding Member since 1962), a People's Artist of the USSR (1979), a Winner of the State Prize of the USSR (1987) and the Repin State Prize of the RSFSR (1966). During the War, he studied at the Moscow Secondary Art School and then, from 1944 to 1950, at the V. Surikov Moscow Art Institute. G. Korzhev's work is dedicated to severe civil themes; his paintings show the fate of the post-war generation. Some of his famous artworks are Lovers, The Safety Screen, Clouds of 1945, A Glass of Milk and others.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of painter Geliy Korzhev against the backdrop of his painting Seeing-Off.
Evsey Moiseyenko (1916–1988) was a Soviet painter and a tutor. He is an Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1973; a Corresponding Member since 1962), a Hero of Socialist Labor (1986). The main theme of his work was the War: suffering, the height of the human spirit, tragic losses and the happiness of Victory. Some of his famous artworks are Partisans, the series This cannot be forgotten, Mothers, Sisters, Van-Couriers, The Victory, Veterans, A Song and others.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of painter Evsey Moiseyenko against the backdrop of his painting Victory from the Years of War series.
Georgy Moskalev (1925–2011) was a Soviet and Russian graphic artist and an illustrator a Hero of the Soviet Union (1945). He is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1982), a People's Artist of the Buryat ASSR (1975), a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1957. In the 1970s, he worked as a graphic artist; the main theme he chose was the Great Patriotic War. Some of his famous artworks are The Battle for the Danube, The Breakthrough, The Dawn, One to One and others.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of painter Georgy Moskalev against the backdrop of his painting One to One.
Vladimir Pereyaslavets (1918–2018) was a Soviet and Russian painter, a tutor, an artist of the M. Grekov Studio of Military Artists (1950), an Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (2002; a Corresponding Member since 1995), a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1980). He was a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces of the USSR, a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1957). V. Pereyaslavets worked in the genre of easel painting, portrait, landscape and still life. Some of his famous artworks are Descendants of Pushkin - Participants of the Great Patriotic War, Three Generations of Russian Sailors, The Youth of Our Sky, Flying about a Great Deal, 50 Years Later, The Victory Day, and others.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of painter Vladimir Pereyaslavets against the backdrop of his painting Air Fight.
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Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Format of the sheet |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Frame 11¼ |
35 × 35 mm |
129 × 96 mm |
18 thousand sheets |