Painting by D. Nalbandian "I.V. Stalin in the study"

Oil on canvas. The original list from the famous painting, made by the hand of D. Nalbandian. Size 800*830 mm (in frame), 670*690 mm (canvas). The first copy of the painting, measuring 1280 *1430 mm, was donated to the State Museum of I.V. Stalin in Moscow. On January 5 , 1960 , D. Patiashvili was the first secretary of the city Party Committee in Gori . Burn. Guarantee of authenticity. A rarity.

Dmitry Arkadyevich Nalbandian (September 2 [15], 1906, Tiflis, Russian Empire — July 2, 1993, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet, Armenian painter, portrait master, animator. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Hero of Socialist Labor (1976). Winner of the Lenin Prize (1982) and two Stalin Prizes (1946, 1951). Winner of the Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1970). One of the most famous official portraitists of the Soviet era. Dmitry Nalbandian was born on September 2 (15), 1906 in Tiflis (now Tbilisi). In 1924-1929, he studied at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts under E. E. Lancer and E. M. Tatevosyan, after which he worked as a cartoonist at the State Film Industry of Georgia and at the Odessa Film Studio. Cartoonist in Georgian newspapers (1929). In 1931 he moved to Moscow. In 1931-1934 — animator of the studio "Mezhrabpomfilm" (now the Gorky Film Studio). Participated in the release of "ArmTAG Windows" in Yerevan (1941-1944). He became known primarily as a master of the Soviet ceremonial portrait, although he also worked in the genres of landscape and still life. He created portraits of many representatives of the Soviet party elite (including I. V. Stalin, N. S. Khrushchev, L. I. Brezhnev), for which in art circles he was called "The First Brush of the Politburo". Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1953; corresponding member 1947). Member of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1974-1993). Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1948. He died on July 2, 1993 in Moscow from acute heart failure. He was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.