mjkerner Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Good stuuf! http://designyoutrust.com/2016/04/world-war-ii-paintings-from-the-soviet-union/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinkin Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Thanks for sharing the link. It could make for an interesting thread if folks added their own captions (apolitical) to some of those paintings. Kevin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 It might be a bit difficult keeping the captions apolitical given the content. Some of them are certainly beautiful despite the subject matter. I'd be curious to know the background to the two paintings that featured US aircraft. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 49 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said: I'd be curious to know the background to the two paintings that featured US aircraft. They've not really anything to do with the Eastern Front. The first is depicting an air raid on Ploesti and the second is just depicting an attack in the West during the winter of 44-45. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueonblack83 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Very nice paintings. Off-topic, but I got a strong Warhammer 40K Imperial Guard feeling from these 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 4 hours ago, LukeFF said: They've not really anything to do with the Eastern Front. The first is depicting an air raid on Ploesti and the second is just depicting an attack in the West during the winter of 44-45. I thought that the first one might be of Ploesti given the burning oil tanks. The second one did have me foxed as to location. I'd still be curious as to who the artist was (if they are by the same person), and how these paintings were regarded in both wartime and cold war Russia 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 23 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said: I'd still be curious as to who the artist was (if they are by the same person), and how these paintings were regarded in both wartime and cold war Russia Nicolas Trudgian. Very prolific WWII aviation artist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I especially like Super Comrade with all the medals and the greatcoat that looks suspiciously like a cape. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Hey, is that a Panther II with the schmalturm? Did they even see action? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1000 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) mjkerner have you seen the documentary called soviet storm ww2 in the east? The pictures remind me of it, it is truly a piece of work. Edited May 6, 2016 by user1000 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinkin Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 One that stands out from a non battle POV is the painting of the German pilot falling on the steel bars sticking up from buildings the Luftwaffe previously blew up. Not too subtle the irony in that. Kevin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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