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2001 moscow , russian federation liepāja , russian empire painter 1907 `` kuban - the reds have come '' , `` on first a farm '' wedding on virgin soil '' , `` lubov rabinovich
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lubov rabinovich

lubov rabinovich , -lrb- Любовь Семеновна Рабинович -rrb- -lrb- 1907 , liepāja , present day latvia - 2001 , moscow , russia federation -rrb- was a soviet russian painter most noted for her works depicting rural life and particularly life in the newly created settlements of the virgin lands campaign .
rabinovich began her studies in 1921 at the lepeshinsky -lrb- МОПШК -rrb- experimental art-school commune in moscow where she was taught drawing by yakov aleksandrovich bashilov.the artist 's work was first exhibited in 1925 as part of the 8th akhrr -lrb- association of artists of revolutionary russia -rrb- exhibition .
lubov rabinovich studied at the proletarian institute of art in moscow , graduating in 1930 .
she went on to study at the institute of painting , sculpture and architecture in leningrad where she studied under a. savinov and k. petrov vodkin .
she was awarded a diploma in 1936 for the painting `` kuban , 1920 - the reds have come '' .
the next five years rabinovich taught in saratov , becoming , in 1939 , the head of the local artist 's union .
during the second world war she supervised the `` agitokon '' art collective -lrb- also in saratov -rrb- .
after war rabinovich came to stalingrad and participated in work on the volga-don canal .
in the spring of 1954 rabinovich , with a brigade of fellow artists journeyed to southern siberia as part of khrustchev 's virgin lands campaign , working on a collective farm in the omsk region and at the bratsk hydroelectric power station .
the artist later moves to the novosibirsk akademgorodok and becomes familiar with several scientists of the siberian branch of academy of sciences .
rabinovich continued to travel throughout the 1950s and 1960s , visiting -lrb- and painting -rrb- the white sea , the crimea , pushkin , dubna , stalingrad , novorossisk , the baltics , and pereslavl-zalessky the artist 's works of the period capture the self-confidence and optimism of the many ambitious soviet projects of the period as well as more pastoral scenes and portraits .
notable works include : `` first wedding on virgin soil '' -lrb- 1959 -rrb- , `` the student -lrb- the thirtieth is difficult -rrb- '' -lrb- 1963 -rrb- , and `` on a farm '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- .
many of rabinovich 's works are held in state and private collections of russia , kazakhstan , france , belgium and the usa .
