Construction at Balkhash

Description

Author: Zaitsev, Yury. 1884-1972
A multi-figure genre-industrial composition depicting the construction site of a major facility set against a body of water. In the foreground, two workers push a cart loaded with wooden planks along a railed wooden walkway. On the left, a multi-story building under construction with a tower crane rises, its architectural volumes rendered with clear structural precision. In the center and middleground, numerous workers are active across the site. The painting is executed in a realistic manner characteristic of Soviet industrial themes.