Гимнасты СССР
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USSR Athletes (Russian: «Гимнасты СССР») is a tempera on fiberboard painting of 1964–1965, by the Russian artist Dmitri Zhilinsky (1927–2015). Zhilinsky portrayed members of the USSR national artistic gymnastics team preparing for the XVIII Olympic Games in Tokyo in the CSKA hall in Moscow. Among his characters are athletes who won first places in the Olympic Games, World and European Championships as part of the team or individually. It was created in 1964–1965. It is part of the collection and exposition of the State Russian Museum. The artist called it his most important work. The painting caused resonance in the artistic and sports environment.
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In his work on the painting USSR Athletes, Zhilinsky used a painting technique that was new to him and to other Soviet artists of his time. Its traditions go back to Byzantine and Old Russian art, partly to the works of old European masters. The painting was exhibited at numerous All-Union, All-Russian and international exhibitions. In 1967 Dmitri Zhilinsky was awarded the silver medal of the Academy of Arts of the USSR for his painting USSR Athletes.
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На рубеже 1950–1960-х годов значительным разделом спортивной темы становятся портреты известных атлетов. Как справедливо отмечал художник и спортсмен Сергей Лучишкин, в этих работах «видно стремление не только передать индивидуальные черты модели, но и выявить специфические, присущие именно спортсменам качества: стойкость, собранность, силу воли, целеустремленность» .
