Arkady Grudinin

b. 1929

Arkady Grudinin is not as well known to the broad public as an artist as his guild

colleagues who moved to the side of the underground in the 60s. Remaining true to his

profession, he, as it’s called, was the “creator of an epoch”, glorifying the communist

regime, filling it with artistic meaning, and working in a style designated by art historians

as Sots Art. His poster image became a part of the museum funds of various artistic

institutions, such as, for example, the Rybinsk Art Museum-Preserve, in whose storage is

one of his most famous and widely replicated works: “The Name of Lenin Is in the

Hearts of All! We Shall Demonstrate Our Loyalty to the Party!”