Soviet political poster. Golden collection

The Soviet political poster of the 20th century is a significant phenomenon in modern world culture. It has reached the highest heights in the period 1918-1970: from the first anniversary of October 1917 to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Soviet power, when posters for campaign-political, social, military and elective topics were performed exclusively within the framework of the state order.
The sources of the Soviet political poster lay a Russian campaign, charitable and elected poster of 1914-1917. His style formation had to for the period when the traditions of Modern in the chart were gradually went into the past, and constructivism only formulated his figurative language. The poster of the Civil War showed the mutual acceptability of traditional and new languages ​​for the purposes of proletarian agitation. Confirm this - posters "you wrote down by a volunteer?" And "Help" D. Moore, "Antena under the mask of the world" V. Deni and "Wedge of the Red Bay White" El Lisitsky, "should work, rifle is near" V. Lebedev. A separate page in the history of culture entered the Leninskaya topic, presented in posters dedicated to the electrification of the Republic of Soviets ("Tips and Electrification there is the basis of the new world" A. Samokhvalov).
In the 1920s, the campaign poster was enriched with the proletarian theme, began to promote the struggle with imperialism for the world revolution, and in the future and with a class enemy. Its heroes were workers, workers, Komsomol members, pioneers, world proletariat, world bourgeoisie, aggressive backstage, supporting "enemies of the people" ... posterists, using a wide range of various artistic agents, sometimes - caricature and naive, told about the meaning of Soviet holidays, called To strengthen the cooperation, to build socialism, to mount the Defense of the USSR, create a collective farm, to fulfill the five-year plan, fight for a new life, to support the liberation and anti-fascist movements .. ("For the Defense of the USSR" V. Kulaginina, "go, Comrade, to us in the collective farm ! "V. Koblevoe," fulfill the plan of great works "clubs," one"s kitchen slavery! Give a new life of the town of Schegal).
In a political poster, magnificent artists worked, which became the discovers in the field of applying photomontage, diagonal and large-plane compositions, a larger format poster, Kloths, S. Senkin, V. Elkin, V. Koretsky. The sheets created by them used the most modern achievements of printing ("perform the plan of great works" clubs, 1930, "if tomorrow War ..." V. Koretsky, 1938).
The Soviet political poster was remembered with its closely related to the image of aphoristic slogans, loosely cut into memory and giving a long life, Each of us cares Stalin in the Kremlin "(V. Tovkov)," Do not talk! (N. Watolina), "Do not Baluse!" (V. Tovkov).
Everywhere won the world recognition of the posters of the period of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. In the first two weeks of the Patriotic War, masterpieces of poster graphics were published, "Mother"s Mother call!" I. Tidze, "Do not talk!" N. Watolina and many other works. "Warrior of the Red Army - save!" V. Koretsky (1942), "Glory Winner Winner!" V. Climashin (1945) was widely known as truly folk work.
During the war years, the Maturity Maturity of Viktor Ivanov, who created the portrait gallery of the Chief Chief of the Soviet state (1949-1967), come to abundance! (1949), "Our way - the path of communism!" (1967) The pathoscope of its works is based on a impeccable concise composition and the captured graphic technique of a poster pattern.
Infection of the art of those years, attention to the live portrait of images is bright and convincingly demonstrated the work of V. Govakov "Not Baluse!" (1948), V. Ivanov "5-years will perform in 4 years!" (1948), S. Senkin we stand for peace "(1950) The last poster was among the works of Soviet posterists, promoting the "struggle for peace and universal disarmament", actively supported by the USSR in the 1950s after a successful test in our country of nuclear weapons.
The era of the heroization of Komsomol residents - the young builders of communism, the highlights of virgin lands were marked by the poster of V. Seleznev "for new lands. Drive with us! " (1954).
The most significant achievement of the Soviet state was the first launch of a person in space. Poster A. Yakushin "Sosmos will serve people ... It is undoubtedly belonging to the outstanding achievements of the poster art of the early 1970s. Demanding in the stylistry characteristic of that time, he again and again returns us by April 12, 1961, when the Earth saw his first cosmonaut through the trembling lines of the television screen.
Alexander Shklaruk