Strictly speaking, this is not a Soviet postcard as the Soviet regime was officially dissolved in late 1991 and the card displaying this image was issued in 1998. Nonetheless, it does demonstrate the Russian dedication to continuing its legacy in the arts. This sketch was probably not given an official title by the artist and if you read on, you will learn why. The postcard simply offers the title “Nude Nature-Girl” and was part of a series dedicated to old and modern masters issued by the International Academy of Information.

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Today is Pigtails in Paint’s 3rd Anniversary and conventional wisdom has it that when a new enterprise has survived to its third year, it has “made it” and has the stuff to weather any future storms it encounters. Three years ago today, Pip started this legacy with his post on —titled ‘Parrish the Thought’ in Pigtails’ original incarnation.

Ever since then, he has made a point of bringing the readers an incredible eclectic range of little girl imagery and commentary. Ron joined a year-and-a-half later bringing his perspective and resources to the party. Every so often, an image comes along that seems to epitomize the purpose of this blog. For example, Ami brought to our attention the lovely and talented and because of Ami’s research, Pigtails’ readers have been introduced to her. Many times, however, there have been delightful images that were not very well documented—on the internet or out of a magazine. This post is dedicated to those images Pip and Ron feel are important to get out there, but have not been fully identified and credited.

Technically, this is another ‘Random Images’ post, so we encourage anyone with the time and skill to help us identify these. More may be added as they come up. Ron is particularly fond of images of girls reading, so here are a couple he gleaned from the web. I’m not as sentimental as Pip about observing certain holidays or occasions. But as I went through to repost and reread the lost posts from 2011-2012, I forgot how charming these simple and light-hearted posts were. So, this year, I offer you this selection I have culled from various sales sites. And speaking of occasions, I want to inform any of our readers who were not aware that Shirley Temple Black just passed away a couple days ago.

Pip did a lovely tribute to her on her birthday in 2011 and now that that post has been restored, you can see it. You will undoubtedly continue to see her presence on this site again and again. Amd x1650 drivers for mac. Pigtails being a bastion of free speech, it seemed appropriate to show this one first: I know this is meant to be sweet, but there is just something disturbing about this giant cat: And continuing the animal theme: We tend to forget in our society that for a long time, a girl’s utility was in her skill at wifely duties and this attitude was impressed on them at a very early age. Cute or provocative? You be the judge. Greeting card publishers were (and are) always looking for a gimmick to get people to buy their cards. One was to have a slot for placing some item into the card—and a requisite play on words, of course.

Sometimes this can be taken to weird extremes. The logic of the placement of a sponge is quite strained and I’d bet good money that this was veiled attempt to promote some company’s product. I applaud Pip’s efforts to offer a range of girls of different races and cultures. This also happens to be Black History Month. Most of the items one sees on sales sites portraying Black girls is this kind of tasteless, stereotypical material that was clearly popular as it is all over the place—in this case, emphasizing the amusing “ignorant” speech patterns of Negros. The text here seems to be a play on the popular song, by Louis Jordan in 1944. I have been toying with the idea of a post commenting on this genre of entertainment, but I still need to do a lot more research.

This one was sitting in my archive from when I was keeping an eye out for girls with guns images for Pip. Posted inTagged,. I made a point of mentioning the composer Gliere in my last post.

The reason was that in addition to supporting the arts, the Soviet state also made an effort to respect and include all the various indigenous peoples in its domain. One of Gliere’s projects was to collect samples of music from the various regions and then compose music using their themes and styles. This image painted by Viktor Semenovich Klimashin was part of a series of postcards celebrating the children of the world.

I do not know when this painting was completed but it was probably in the mid 1950s as he did other Indian work at this time. The postcard was issued in 1958 and the caption translates as “Girl from India”. Like a lot of people, I will take an interest in something on impulse. Then I learn that there is a story behind it. No matter how well-intentioned a government might be, when it tries to manage a large number of people, the faults become evident by both insiders and outsiders. But these institutions also have their nobler aspects and the former Soviet Union’s is that it had tried to maintain a legacy of supporting the arts and its own artists. In the West, educated people are usually aware of this pride in their music, supporting performers and composers alike such as Reinhold Gliere and Dmitri Shostakovich.

To promote their painters, the Soviet Union issued a number of postcard series showing the work of their native artists. As always, I was amazed at how many of these artists portrayed young girls nude or semi-nude and that these images were published as a matter of course.

By now, I have managed to collect quite a few of these. I planned on a special post featuring Soviet artists but—since they covered such a range of style and attitude (and I am still discovering new ones)—decided it would be better to present them one at a time in small posts. Today’s artist is Alexei Fedorovich Pakhomov born in 1900. This piece was painted in oil on canvas and was in the artist’s possession in Leningrad (St.

Petersburg) when the postcard was issued. It seems appropriate that this artist should be presented in this format as he was also a skilled lithographer. Out of respect for Pip’s original vision for this site, I am inclined to continue using his ‘Maiden Voyages’ format to update readers on developments and hints of things to come. However, once in a while, there is a need to review major updates and these will be called ‘State of the Blog Addresses’. A lot has happened in the last year.

After being perfunctorily shut down by WordPress, we managed to limp along with a new and tolerant host, but as Pip and I are not technically-minded, the burdens of running the site became discouraging and things went slowly. Fortunately, one of our fans who also happens to offer internet hosting services came forward to offer his assistance.

So far, his efforts on behalf of Pigtails in Paint has exceeded expectations. It seems when one is sincere and thoughtful in his endeavors, someone comes forward just when needed—a kind of guardian angel if you will.

In addition to our new home on biodex, we were fortunate to have someone come forward with a backup of our site we used to replace the posts that were lost. Because of that, Pigtails in Paint has now been fully reinstated—with some revisions—and now has over 600 posts to its name. However, no download is perfect so a few images did not download properly and with the assistance of a few others, we managed to restore all the images lost. I would like to thank all those who made possible the complete restoration of this site and put the last nail in the coffin of our would-be censors.

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In addition, as I tried to replace the posts quickly, there are inevitably some errors in reposting so please do not hesitate to inform me of even the smallest errors you may encounter while visiting the site. There are many benefits to our being hosted by biodex and many more to come. First, we have established RSS feeds and if you are like me and don’t understand what that is you can read about it. Details about can be found in a menu just under the Pigtails in Paint banner. In addition, Pigtails now has its security certificate which means when you visit the site, you will notice the new “https” format indicative of such sites. To learn more about what this means, read. Pigtails has also been given ample memory to accommodate videos in house.

YouTube provides a wonderful service, but almost inevitably videos get removed because of content issues or complaints about copyright infringement. So far only two short videos have been posted to test the system ( and ), but as we gain more confidence, more will become available and in some cases links in older posts will be replaced with in-line videos.

Our readership is now growing exponentially and such popularity is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, our voice and those who support us is getting more exposure which is the first step in correcting the imbalance in our society’s attitudes, but the increased traffic means it is more expensive to keep operating to handle the load.

Therefore, it will be necessary to ask those who are able to pay for memberships or make donations to help defray the costs. No matter how strong and credible we may seem at the moment, this is still a volunteer operation. We are currently strategizing what incentives can be offered for said paid subscribers/members. Whatever is decided needs to be in compliance with the which legally permits us to present artists’ work with impunity on the grounds of education and/or critical analysis. In glancing at my notes, there are at least six other measures that we plan to implement in the next few months that will enhance Pigtails’ ability to serve the community. I have a number of specific ideas about the future of Pigtails in Paint and what is needed from readers and other supporters. This will be published in a post called ‘Community of Practice’ (COP) soon.

and will be given its own page for continued reference. COP is an expression used by academics to describe a coordinated effort among like-minded people to have a particular issue properly aired and recognized by a larger audience. Although Pip and I are carefully shepherding Pigtails to serve a responsible social function, in time the long-term growth and stability of the site will depend on a community of prudent people committing their resources to our mutual cause. Thank you all for your generous patronage, feedback and support so far. I assure you that this site has covered only the merest tip of the proverbial iceberg of this fascinating subject.Ron, Editor-in-Chief.Editorial update: This ‘Community of Practice’ post has been removed and replaced by a ‘Community’.

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