CUBA, JANUARY 1961, PAINTINGS AND SKETCHES

 

by V. Ivanov and P. Ossovsky

 

In January 1961, just 3 months before Bay of Pigs invasion, two Soviet artists, V. Ivanov and P. Ossovsky visited Cuba to create images of the besieged nation, anxiously awaiting the imminent US intervention.

 

PAINTINGS

 

Morning in Havana

Havana

Havana. Noon

Havana in the anxious days

Morning in Havana

On the road to Pinar del Rio

Blue Mountains

He is the owner now

In the field

Owner of the land

New Cuba

Old Fisherman

 

SKETCHES

 

Militiaman

Havana defenders

Guns on El Malecon

Young rebel

Militiaman

Guard of the President Palace

Guard

Guard

On the Havana roofs

Leutenant Leon, Adjutant of the President

Osvaldo Dorticos

Young rebel

Osvaldo Dorticos

Guards

Militiaman

Soldier

Silvio Abeja

On the Havana roofs

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Raul Castro

School teacher Celia Moran

 

Reading

News

Nicolas Guillen

Che Guevara

Nunez Jimenez

Harvesting sugar canes

Cuban land

Cuban land