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Francis Bevilacqua
"Working Laborers, " Francis Bevilacqua, Soviet Cold War Art

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Francis Bevilacqua (American, b. 1911) Working Laborers, n.d. Oil and pigment on black granite 44 x 21 inches Signed lower right Born in 1911, Francis Bevilacqua was predominantly influenced by the 1930s. The period of the 1930s is epitomized by the conflict between many political ideologies, including Marxist Socialism, Capitalist Democracy, and the Totalitarianism of both Communism and Fascism. In the Soviet Union, Stalin’s government needed urgent funds to implement the rapid industrialization demanded by the first Five Year Plan. It initiated a secret strategy to sell off treasures from the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), including a primary list of two hundred and fifty irreplaceable paintings by the Old Masters, a number of which ended up in the collection of Andrew Mellon via the New York based art dealing company, Knoedler.
  • Creator:
    Francis Bevilacqua (1911)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 44 in (111.76 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)
  • Medium:
    Pigment,Oil,Granite
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU184129923802
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