Yefim Deshalit – View from Hermitage on the Cape of Vasilyevsky Island

The Cape of Vasilyevsky Island is an unchanging view from the halls of the Hermitage.

Those who have ever stood at the high windows of the Winter Palace remember this cinematographic overwhelming impression: on your right side is Leonardo’s Madonna Litti, behind the glass is the architectural ensemble, and under your nose the ice shelves of the Neva are floating at impressive speed.

This is how it was seen in 1957 by Yefim Deshalit, a painter and master-creator of historical dioramas. In the mid-50s the artist worked on the creation of the revolutionary diorama ‘Storming of the Winter Palace, 1917’ it was a big honorable state order, but this etude he made only for himself. ‘Vasilyevsky Island’ is now flying to New York to a new owner, and I am sad and happy that my collection of Social Realism has decreased by one work.

And now I cherish my five remaining works by this great artist!


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Yefim Deshalit
“Vasilyevsky Island”, 1957, 19x35cm, oil on board, framed