Expanse (painting)



Expanse (Раздолье) is an oil on canvas painting by Soviet artist Aleksandr Deyneka completed in 1944. Its dimensions are 204 × 300 cm.

The artist began working on the painting before the Great Patriotic War.

The work depicts a group of running young women with a sporty physique against the background of Central Russian landcapes.

The picture was exhibited in Manchester, Prague, Vienna, China etc. It is kept in the Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg.