01-10-2010, 10:02 AM
marcotk Wrote:Kliment:
That is the case of the 2nd and 3rd pics you posted. In the first I bet it's simply a liberty taken by the painter - although the man was a plant director, I believe that is a military uniform he is wearing (I also see an order of Khmelnitsky..? or maybe Kutuzov?)
This is to say that to my knowledge no such tunic exists: all military double breasted tunics have 2 columns of buttons.
As far as the different types of embroidery on the collar, it is not uncommon. DougD posted an example of it a while ago in this section of the forum.
Yes, the painting was made in 1978, obviously from the picture below. I always found this painting quite puzzling, because of the one row, but also because there is not even a piping on the sleeves. In fact I'm less sure than yesterday that Vannikov have a single row tunic (a second row is obviously present on the second pic:o). The buttons are may be simply missing to make place for the awards, it's not unusual.
Finally, I think that we have reach the limits of socialist realism in art.:)
The collar of the second pic remains quite unusual, but it can be the result of some photographic retouching.
Many thanks
