Red Army in the Don Basin

1937, purchased in U.S.S.R. [now Russia] by Joseph E. Davies [ambassador to U.S.S.R.] (Washington, DC); 1937, gifted to University of Wisconsin – Madison; 1967, transferred to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Bowlt, John E. "Soviet Paintings in the Joseph E. Davies Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1976-1977. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1977): 34-42.
• Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York. "The Joseph E. Davies Collection of Russian Paintings and Icons Presented to The University of Wisconsin." New York: Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York, 1938. pp. 29-31, no. 49; pl. 49
• Baker, D. Frederick, "A University Collects: The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin," in Antiques & Fine Art Magazine (Autumn/Winter 2013) vol. XII, issue 6 :184-193. p. 2, no. 186

• Title unknown [Russian paintings]: University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 10/3/1974–10/29/1974

This oil painting depicts soldiers on horseback as they enter from the right side of the canvas upon a snow-covered ground. Many of the soldiers hold triangular red flags on long wooden poles. Leading the soldiers on a brown horse, a soldier wearing a hat with a red star on the front holds a large red flag. Behind the soldiers are large tanks with rifle-carrying soldiers on top. The shadowed foreground is filled with peasants watching the soldiers arrive. On the left side of the canvas, dozens of foot soldiers enter the scene, carrying tall rifles. Behind them, thick clouds of grey smoke obscure the industrial buildings in the background. A blue sky peaks out from behind the smoke on the right side of the canvas.

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