E X H I B I T I O N OF WORK BY. A R T I S I " - M E T A L L U R G I S T S

'r The studio o{/pictoriaf'}rt.4t the metallurgists club of the ~Zaporozhstal" ~vorks has now been in exis ~ , i j , 1/ V t e n c e / for six years. ~ t e r s , furnacemen, engineers and even members of workers' families devote them-

selves to study in it .

Mechanic S. Tkachenko working at a sculptural composition "Ordzhonikidze at the Zaparozhstal works ~

Classes are held in it on the theory and history of the pictorial art. Every year the studio brings its crea-

tive work to the notice of the works communi ty and holds exhibitions of its artistic works.

The last works exhibition of amateur artists, dedicated to the World Festival of Youth and Students~was /

organized in December, 1956. More than 300 works were shown at it,

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Well-deserved success was enjoyed by member of the Young Communist League steel melter K. Efimchuk s "Steel being teemed." Engineer of the open-hearth steel plant Yu. P. Satanovsky exhibited 30 studies Including views of the "Zaporozhstal" works and the surrounding of Zaporozhe.

Workman of the Gorky Club Comrade Shinkarenko painted the portrait of a fu rnace ,an . This work has been sent to the Republic Exhibition. Technical Inspector M. Shvartsberg, in his works, especially in the pic- ture "We need peace~ illustrated the struggle of the Soviet people for peace. He also painted portraits of the best people of the works - production innovators S. M. Martynov, A. N. Nebylitsyn, S. S. Yakimenko and others.

The first prize was awarded to V. Protoirenko for his picture "Oak Plantation" and a portrait of steel melter Litvinenko. A young artist-rolling mill operator V. Vlasenko gained a prize for his picture "I shall be a metallurgist." Comrades Satanovsky, Shvartsberg and many others gained-prizes.

The members of the sculpture circle of the metallurgist~ club took part in the exhibition. Considerable success was enjoyed by the sculpture composition "Ordzhonikidze at the Zaparozhstal works," executed by work- shop mechanic S. Tkachenko.

Work was also exhibited by S. Ermakov "No better off than at the start" (from the tale by Pushkin), and by lathe machinist M. Belokonov "The student." All these sculptures have been sent to the Republic Exhibition.

Machine shop mechanic V. Orlenets received a prize for his beautiful photographs of Zaporozhe and Moscow. More than 20 of his photographs have also been sent to the Republic Exhibition.

Over 20,000 people visited the exhibition of works by our amateur artists.

At the present t ime, the studio is actively preparing an exhibition in honor of the 40th anniversary of the October revolution. Engineer Yu. P. Satanovsky is painting a series of views of our works.

V. Protoirenko is working on a picture "The prospectors," M. Shvartsberg on a composition "On the eve of the revolution" and S. Tkachenko is making a sculpture of Lenin. Members of the studio are painting portraits of men who took part in the October revolution.

I. Menshikov President of the Management Committee of the Metallurgists' Club of the "Zaparozhstal" Works

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