Night Construction at Balkhash

Description

Author: Zaitsev, Yury. 1884-1972
A multi-figure genre-industrial composition depicting the night construction site of an industrial facility. The space is structured around the contrast between a dark night sky and bright patches of artificial illumination from floodlights and lamps. In the middleground, the metal frameworks of buildings rise against the night. Numerous figures of workers engaged in various operations are arranged across the canvas, rendered in broad, energetic brushwork. In the foreground on the left, two larger figures dominate the view. The painting is executed in a realistic manner characteristic of Soviet industrial themes, emphasizing scale and the collective nature of labor. At the lower right - signature.