[ALEKSANDR DEINEKA, ILLUSTRATOR], THREE RUSSIAN CHILDRENS BOOKS, 1930 DEINEKA, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich(1899-1969), illustrator. 1. Uralski, Boris. Elektromonter [The Electrician]. Moscow: GIZ, 1930. Small 4to. 16 pp. Color lithographs. Original decorated wrappers. Wrappers dust soiled and a rubber-stamped number on back wrapper; 2. Pervoe Maya [May Day]. GIZ, Moscow, 16 pp., 29.5 x 22 cm, spine restored. 3. Pro Loshadej [About Horses]. GIZ, Moscow, 9 pp., 20.5 x 15 cm.
A. Deineka was a master of Soviet agit-prop art during Stalin`s Five Year Plan. He adroitly straddled the line between the Russian avant-garde and Social Realism in his depictions of the nobility of Labor. He was a prolific illustrator of children`s books and Eletromonter, in its treatment of the average electrician as a Socialist hero, may well be his most important work in this field.