Yuri Ivanovich Pimenov

Oil on canvas and oil on board. Each work is framed in a wooden strip frame. Unexamined ouf of frame. The scene of the dark forest has areas of craquelure to center of composition. There is also a small indentation to the canvas near the center of the work. The boat scene is in generally fine condition and has some minor paint loss around the edges. The scene with the laundry has some minor paint loss around the edges and minor stains. The bedroom/tent scene has minor paint loss around the edges, minor stains and some small scratches to the surface.
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The offered works have been authenticated by the daughter of the artist and are believed to date to 1952.

The Song of the Black Sea Sailors was written by the Soviet playwright Boris Andreevich Lavrenev (1891-1959), the founder of the Soviet marinist literary movement. In 1915 Lavrenev joined the Red Army as an artillery officer and volunteered on the Crimean Front in 1916. During the Second World War he reported for a number of Soviet newspapers and spent several years in Sevastopol. The city became an important source of inspiration for his theatre work and the naval officers and sailors who defended Sevastopol during the War form the subject of a few of his plays, including Officer's Gift, Tearose and  Lighthouse. Lavrenev's heroic play The Song of the Black Sea Sailors (1942) is based on real events that occurred during the infamous Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942). Yuri Ivanovich Pimenov created decorations for the theatre production of The Black Sea Sailors Song in 1952.