Treatise on the Apple

A Treatise on the apple
Alexandr Sulimov, 2011


Or "Сулимов Александр. Трактат о яблоке." Love the style on this one!

Krasavitsa

Маленькая красавица (Young Beauty*)
Мурадян Рубен (Ruben Muradyan), 1999


Or "Pritty Girl," as it was translated online.

Frantishek

Франтишек (Frantishek)
Чижова Виктория (Victoria Chizhova), 2007

Village Girl

Village Girl, a copy from A. Arkhipov 
Viktor Ostapenko, 2009

Like many of the other artists who have posted work on artnow.ru, Ostapenko posts interpretive/practise work that was done based on that of other artists. I'm giving as full credit to both artists as I know about! 

Mechti Dream

Мечты (девука в голубом) 
Dream (girl in blue)
Абдалиева Акжан (Akzhan Abdalieva), 2009

Maria Semenova

Портрет художницы Марии Семеновой (Portrait of the Artist Maria Semenova)
Волхонская Людмила (Ludmila Volhonskaya), 2011

Golden Rose

Золотая роза (Golden Rose)
Анашкина Ольга (Olga Anashkina), 2011

Merry Christmas, everybody!

Together

Together 
Lidia Kalimulina, 2001

Best Friends

Best Friends 
Konstantin Sterkhov, 2011

The Mum

The Mum
Nina Alimasova, 1997

Great portraiture. This and following posts are selected from the wide variety of good/bad art up at Artnow.Ru

Melody

Melody
N. Bube, 2007

Recent work by a Kazakh artist, traditionalizing women of the past with bright fabrics, petroglyph-like animals, traditional dress, a dombira (instrument) and a feast laid out on the ground.

Mother Gargamelle

Mother Gargamelle 
Evgeniy Sidorkin, 1981

Picture based on stories by Rabelais. From an art gallery website in Almaty, Kazakhstan

in the Green Bugatti

Self-Portrait in the Green Bugatti 
Tamara de Lempicka, 20th century

Idyll at Harbor

Idyll
Tamara de Lempicka, 1931

Telephone II

The Telephone II
Tamara de Lempicka, 1930

Tamara de Lempicka has a great life-story, moving from Poland/Soviet Union out to Europe and then America, cultivating affairs with a wide number of people, and creating a large number of sensual art-deco pictures of women from her elite social circles in Europe.

Long Live May 1st

Long live May 1st, the Feast of the Proletariat! 
Да здравствует пролетарский праздник 1-ое Мая!
I.V. Simakov, 1921

A broad network of nurseries...

A broad network of nurseries, kindergartens...
E. Zernova, 1931

Широкое развертывание сети яслей детских садов столовых и прачешных обеспечит участие женщины социалистическои строительстве
The wide deployment of the network of nurseries, kindergartens, canteens and [?] will ensure the participation of women in socialist construction!

Women! Learn the Means of Production!

Women! Learn the Means of Production 
O. Ejges, 1941

Full translation here:   
Женщины! Изучайте производство, заменяйте рабочих, ушедших на фронт! Чем крепче тыл -- тем крепче фронт!

Women! Learn production, replace the workers who went to the front! The stronger the rear -- the stronger the front! 

We Do Like Cotton...

We do like Stachanov! 
B. Lebesev, 1936

I have no idea what language this is. Ideas?

Selling the Fruits

Selling the fruits of a bumper harvest in a friendly manner 
Xie Mulian, 1978

I have never been so cheerful about selling stuff. Anyhow, more socialist pictures from the International Institute of SocialHistory.


Zhongzi xuande hao

Zhongzi xuande hao 
Jin Meisheng, 1960s

Proud of Participating in Industrialization

"Proud women - We are proud of participating in the founding of our country's industrialization!"
Ning Hao, 1954

American Imperialism Must be Beaten

"American imperialism must be beaten!"
Ha Qiongwen, 1965

This one is for my dear friend Margie, who studies women in the U.S. military! 

High Tower of Winter Gourds

"A high tower of winter gourds"
Jin Meisheng, 1959

Physical Education

"Develop physical education activities in peasant villages!"
Zhao Kunhan, 1975

Go Among the Workers

"Go among the workers, Peasants and Soldiers and into the Thick of Struggle!"
Communist Chinese Propaganda poster, 1970

Produce more steel

"Produce more steel. Sending more steel to the frontline of national construction"
Cai Zhenhua, 1953

Of the Commune

"The hogs of the commune must be raised to be fat and big" 
Weng Yizhi, 1956

Lullaby

Колыбельная (Lullaby)
Е. М. Сидоркин (Evgeniy Sidorkin), 1964

Yes, I'm a sucker for all things Central Asian...

Bloom, our May!

Bloom, our May! 
N. Vatolina, 1951

Note the pennant that says 1st of May on it, as well as the parades in the street, the building projects, and the glowing mother and baby at leisure. Classic Soviet poster.

Woman With Vase

Woman With Vase 
Edmond Francois Aman-Jean, 19th century


Woman With Dog

Woman With Dog 
Louis Bouche, 1920

Also a great one up close. Plus, her face -- what expression is that? And the dog/cat? Also quite content/bored...

Seated Female Nude

Seated Female Nude 
Carl Newman, 1920

Again, we've got more nudes at Shapely Nudes...

Study for Rachel

Study for Rachel from the Mothers of the Bible 
Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1898 

Woman Shelling Peas

Woman Shelling Peas 
Emily Clayton Bishop, 1911


Great sculpture, and at least from this angle, great expression on her face!

Woman Standing Child on Back

Woman Standing Child on Back 
Jean Charlot, 1933

Woman in Red Dress at Piano

Woman in Red Dress at Piano 
Steve Ashby, 1973

Little wooden cut-out! Gotta love it.

Taos Indian Woman

Taos Indian Woman 
Kenneth M. Adams, 1920s


The colors are beautiful, although I don't like how he erases/ she doesn't display much affect... I guess that's what happens when you paint someone as a generic ethnic term?

Woman and Girl

Woman and Girl 
Albert Swinden, 1955


Woman Ironing

Woman Ironing 
David McCosh, 1931


Excellently done.

Woman Ironing

Woman Ironing 
Werner Drewes, 20th century

Again, this seems to be a woodcut, and it's lovely from both near and far away. The shading on her dress is especially eye-drawing. 

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Spanish Woman Playing Guitar

Spanish Woman Playing Guitar 
Jan Matulka, 1923

If you're reading this directly on the website, right-click the photo for a close-up.... the shading is just beautiful!

Hedipa, a Navajo Woman

Hedipa, a Navajo Woman 
John K. Hillers, 1880

Okay, okay, I said I don't do photographs, but I'm totally cheating. One, because I love her expression, and two, because I recently lived in a Navajo community for a few months, and she reminds me of some of hte women I got to know there!

Samoan Woman

Samoan Woman 
Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890s

Seminole Woman

Seminole Woman 
George Catlin, 1838


This picture is from a further distance than most of Catlin's portrait, and that plus her reserve/discomfort makes it quite different in feeling than his other works...

Tow-ée-ka-wet

Tow-ée-ka-wet, a Cree Woman
George Catlin, 1832

Oó-je-en-á-he-a

Oó-je-en-á-he-a, Woman Who Lives in a Bear's Den
George Catlin, 1832 

Unlike many women in portaits of this era, I love Oó-je-en-á-he-a because she has color and personality!

Good Road Woman

Chan-ku-wash-te-mine (Good Road Woman) 
Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1887

Woman With a Trap

Woman With a Trap 
Eugene Higgins, 20th century


I'm assuming this is a working-class woman holding a mouse; it's interesting how her head is in the shadows while her arm is highlighted in Ambient light, as well as the muted tone of the painting.

Female Portrait


Female Portrait 
Anderson Johnson, 1994