Behind the Wheel, or "New Moscow" by Yuri Pimenov
“New Moscow” by Yuri Pimenov, 1937, oil on canvas, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
I like this painting. It's a statement, especially for 1937 - but then, you can look at it from another perspective as well.
Quoting from a Guggenheim Museum Bilbao article:
"The 1930s and 1940s in Russia were a period strongly associated with the official doctrine for art known as Socialist Realism {est. 1934}. Long seen as merely propaganda or historical curiosity, this style nonetheless produced highly talented artists. Paintings such as Yuri Pimenov’s New Moscow (1937) celebrate industrialization and the communal work of the new Soviet man and woman. While such utopian visions of Communism dominated art of the Stalin era, Soviet art of the 1930s was not monolithic. Artists such as Isaac Brodsky painted many of the most iconic images of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, alongside artists like Alexander Deineka, whose subjects remained true to Communist ideals even as his style reflected an enduring modernist sensibility and a discernibly singular artistic vision. This section also presents art produced during the Great Patriotic War (World War II) in the 1940s."