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Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Sergo Grigorian's (pictured) collection of Soviet political poster is the biggest private accumulation of such posters in the world available for public viewing. Over 1500 Soviet posters are collected in London. Grigorian's collection is also available for viewers at www.redavantgarde.com.
D. Moor (Orlov) / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Have you enlisted? 1920 // The image of a Red Army soldier with plumes of black smoke rising from the factory smokestacks in the background, bluntly questioning the Russian worker about his contribution to the defense of the October Revolution, became the iconic piece of Soviet propaganda.
P. Kiselis / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Death to suppressors and oppressors of workers and peasants! The struggle for the Volga. The struggle for bread for the starving! 1919 // Masters at visual propaganda, the Bolsheviks produced thousands of vivid and compelling posters after they seized power in October 1917.
D. Moor (Orlov) / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Comrades! With a rifle and a hammer let's celebrate Red October! 1919 // Posters took on a very important role during the October Revolution and subsequent Civil War. Very few newspapers were published in those days and often a poster replaced the tabloid.
B. Zvorykin / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
The struggle of the Red Knight against a Dark Force. 1919 // Poster art was widely accessible to the masses, the images it depicted were easily understood by everyone, and a short and energetic accompanying slogan stuck in the viewers mind, as a constant call for action.
I. Simakov / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Electrification and counter-revolution. 1921 // In time of Civil War, propaganda posters were sent to the front lines in the same capacity as bullets and artillery shells.
D. Moor (Orlov) / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Solemn pledge when joining the Workers and Peasants Army. 1919 // They were posted on walls, in cities which were under assault by the White Guard armies and foreign interventionists.
D. Moor (Orlov) / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Glory to Red Army man winner! 1920 // The bottom of the vivid, bright-colored poster usually contained a warning: "Anyone who tears down or covers up this poster – is committing a counter-revolutionary act".
I. Simakov / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Long live the 5th anniversary of the Proletariate Revolution! 1922 // The poster was a powerful weapon, and just like any weapon, it had to be guarded with utmost care.
G. Alekseev / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
It is necessary to root out hooliganism from the working masses! The hooligan is a shameful stain on the working class. 1927 // In 1920s, propaganda posters could be found everywhere in the USSR.
Author unknown / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Accountability for those who ignore work recommendations. 1931 // Colorful and visually engaging posters motivated the enthusiasm of working masses to carry out the Communist Party’s plans.
G. Alekseev / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
A red-tapist is worst than a rodent and a worn for fields and lathe. 1927 // The distinctive style of the Soviet poster art was coined during times of war and struggle. It was always laconic, expressive and straight-forward.
Baskin & Konstantinov / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Denounce and dishonour those who undermine success of PromFinPlan (financial develepoment plan)! 1931 // Beginning in the 1930s, visual propaganda became more prescriptive, providing models for the appearance, demeanor, and conduct of the new social types, both positive and negative.
Author unknown / Sergo Grigorian's Collection
Deserter of labor is an accomplice of the counter-revolution. 1921 // Intended for a semi-literate population, political posters occupied a central place in the Communist regime effort to imprint itself on the hearts of the people and to remold them into the new Soviet women and men.
