Bidspirit auction | ” Alexander Matrosov” V. Pamfilov

” Alexander Matrosov” V. Pamfilov Large Scale OOC - Original oil on canvas replica of the masterwork ” Alexander Matrosov” by V. Panfilov. Completed under contract for Affairs of the Arts USSR. This large-scale piece has hung in the Russian Embassy in Mexico and now comes to auction from a prominent NY Estate. Frame Dimensions: 4 ft 3 inches x 6 ft 6 inches Alexander Matveyevich Matrosov February 5, 1924, – February 27, 1943), born in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro) was a Soviet infantry soldier during the Second World War, posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union for blocking a German machine-gun with his body. Conscripted from the inmate population of a gulag and propagandized into a national hero for his death. Artist: Pamfilov, Vladimir Evgenyevich (b. 1904 - ?)