baptism (Krestiny in Russian). This painting was presented at the exhibition "The Industry of Socialism". In the painting Yablochko (1938), which depicts a famous dance, Bubnov tried to draw from life, though not completely. He took part in the creation of a huge panel of "Well Known People of the U.S.S.R." for the 1939 New York World's Fair. In the same year he painted the picture Comrade Stalin Among Collective Farmers. After the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he drew propaganda posters, painted pictures on military subjects, such as "Dying, but did not Surrender", "To the Combat Position", "Borodino Field in 1942". He also wrote a portrait of Alexander Matrosov. In 1943-1947 he creates his most famous work "Morning on the Kulikovo Field" dedicated to the epic battle of the 14th century and in 1948 got the Stalin Prize for it. After the war, Bubnov painted landscapes, genre scenes and pictures on mythological and historical themes; in particular, he created illustrations for the Pushkin's ballad "Song of the Wise Oleg". In 1954 he became a corresponding member of USSR Academy of Arts and also got the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR. In the last years of his life, he painted illustrations for the books of Gogol and Taras Shevchenko. His triptych "Pugachev. Popular uprising" remained unfinished. He died on 30 June 1964 and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. References 1908 births 1964 deaths Artists from Tbilisi People from Tiflis Governorate 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Soviet painters Socialist realist artists Stalin Prize winners Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery