SOCIALIST REALISM ART POSTER by EVALD OKAS – MONEY DONATION TO STALIN COMMUNISM

Original slogans on the poster: Nõukogude Liidu töörahvas! Anname oma raha laenuks riigile! Elagu ja oitsegu meie suur kodumaa – noukogude sotsialistlike vabariikide liit! Literally English translation: SOVIET UNION WORKERS! LET’S DONATE OUR MONEY TO THE STATE! LET’S LIVE AND FLOURISH WITH OUR GREAT HOMELAND – THE UNION OF THE SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS! POSTER ARTIST: EVALD OKAS PRINT YEAR: 1947 SUBJECT: MONEY DONATION LANGUAGE: ESTONIAN PRINT RUN: 10.000 PUBLISHED BY: GR.-T. “OKTOOBER”, TALLINN SIZE: IN: 23 ⁵/₈ x 35 ⁷/₁₆ = CM: 60 x 90 CONDITION: FOLDED, GOOD The artwork was issued in a highly limited editions and designed by Evald Okas (28 November 1915 – 30 April 2011) – highly famous Estonian poster and graphic artist, painter, probably best known for his portraits of nudes. Okas was born in Tallinn, where he began his artistic career while studying at the State Art School. With the advent of World War II and the Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia, he was subsequently mobilized into Soviet army, but, like many other Estonians, moved to work battalions in Kotlas, Russia. When the Soviet officials decided to organize the artistic collectives in the Soviet rear in Yaroslavl, several Estonian artists, including Okas, were provided with an opportunity to leave the work battalions and join the artistic ensembles in 1942. The “Yaroslavl artists”, as they became to be known, were also the founding members of the Soviet Estonian Artists Union established in 1943. In Yaroslavl Okas befriended the rather well-known Estonian graphic artist Aino Bach and Richard Sagrits who mentored Okas and helped him hone his skills as an artist. By Soviet regulations, however, all artists were expected to paint in the Social Realism genre. In 1947, Okas, with Elmar Kits and Richard Sagrits painted the ceiling of the Estonian National Opera in the style of Socialist Realism. By the late 1950s, Evald Okas was working mainly in the medium of charcoals and earning his living by sketching ex libris – graphic designs that identify the owner of a book, usually pasted onto the inside cover. Around this time Okas was even given permission to travel; first, within the Soviet Republics, then later worldwide and exhibit works as far afield as Asia and Western Europe. In 1954 he became the professor at the Estonian State Art Institute; in 1962 the corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union and the full member of the Academy in 1975. Evald Okas lived in Tallinn and was a member of the Estonian Artists’ Association. ____________________________________________________________________________ ★UPS express 4-6 days door-to-door shipping. If you have any questions or need any additional information, pictures, video, etc please feel free to contact me, it’d be my pleasure to assist you. ★There are more than 3000 original posters in my stock, most of them step by step (because of eBay monthly limits) will be present on my eBay store, so if you are looking for some special soviet poster subject, event, artist, film please let me know about and I do my best to find it for you. ★Require high resolution digital scan of any poster in my stock only for 50$ www.facebook.com/sovietartposters Listing and template services provided by inkFrog