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Dmitri Baltermants

Dmitri Baltermants

Russian, 1912

WA-00034140

Photography

Representation

None documented

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Institutional Exhibitions

29

Works in Collection

33

Assets Indexed

3

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Publications Referenced

60%

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Authority Records (1)

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3 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/38036
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Dmitri Baltermants was a Russian photographer whose black-and-white work documented the Soviet experience across six decades, from the 1930s through the 1990s. He photographed the German invasion of the Soviet Union and its aftermath with formal precision and emotional restraint, creating some of the era's most significant war imagery. His later work turned toward portraiture and landscape, maintaining a documentary sensibility grounded in the materiality of film and darkroom printing.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 28d ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (29)

Television Engineer

Television Engineer

2003 · Gelatin silver print

28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stalin, Malenkov, Beria and Mikoyan at the Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Stalin, Malenkov, Beria and Mikoyan at the Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

2003 · Gelatin silver print

28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Female Athletes

Female Athletes

2003 · Gelatin silver print

28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adult school, Kirghizia

Adult school, Kirghizia

2003 · Gelatin silver print

28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uzbeki Crowd

2003 · Gelatin silver print

28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Office Duct Workers, Italy

1975 · gelatin silver print; a three-panel panorama

Image: 21.4 x 32.9 cm (8 7/16 x 12 15/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 35.3 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bridge Workers, New York City

Bridge Workers, New York City

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 36.5 × 36.2 cm (14 3/8 × 14 5/16 in.); Paper: 50.5 × 40.5 cm (19 15/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chukotsk Fisherman

1972 · gelatin silver print

Image: 46.3 x 31 cm (18 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.); Paper: 50.3 x 40.3 cm (19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Red Square parade commemorating the 47th anniversary of the October Revolution

Red Square parade commemorating the 47th anniversary of the October Revolution

1964 · Gelatin silver print

28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Next Generation Parade, May Day

The Next Generation Parade, May Day

1964 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 36.3 × 45.4 cm (14 5/16 × 17 7/8 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.5 cm (16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Monument to the Builders of Communism, Volzhskaya Hydroelectric Station, Volgograd

Monument to the Builders of Communism, Volzhskaya Hydroelectric Station, Volgograd

1963 · Gelatin silver print

40.7 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Security is maintained at a rally for Voroshilov and Sukarno, Indonesia

1957 · gelatin silver estate print

Image: 25.2 x 24.9 cm (9 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 x 27.7 cm (13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

[Soviet Space Dogs Mishka and Tsigan]

1951 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 13 3/8 × 15 3/8 in. (34 × 39.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Globe (Society of Young Geographers)

1950 · gelatin silver print

Image: 26.5 x 24.9 cm (10 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 x 27.7 cm (13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Inspecting the German Losses on the Outskirts of Odessa

1944 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 30.5 x 46 cm (12 x 18 1/8 in.); Paper: 40.3 x 50.4 cm (15 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Forward

1943 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 31.2 × 47.2 cm (12 5/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Paper: 40.4 × 50.5 cm (15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

POWs, Stalingrad

1942 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20 x 61 cm (7 7/8 x 24 in.) Frame: 40.6 x 81.3 cm (16 x 32 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Tanks Are Firing

The Tanks Are Firing

1942 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 20 × 29.3 cm (7 7/8 × 11 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Soviet Soldier Firing Captured German Panzerfaust at Night

Soviet Soldier Firing Captured German Panzerfaust at Night

1942 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 31.7 × 47.1 cm (12 1/2 × 18 9/16 in.); Paper: 40.4 × 50.5 cm (15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

From a Day of Grief, Kerch, Crimea

From a Day of Grief, Kerch, Crimea

1942 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 46 × 31.3 cm (18 1/8 × 12 3/8 in.); Paper: 50.5 × 40.5 cm (19 15/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Grief

1942 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1960s-70s

11 5/8 × 15 1/2" (29.5 × 39.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gunner Loading Ammunition

1941 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 47.2 x 31.2 cm (18 9/16 x 12 5/16 in.); Paper: 50.5 x 40.2 cm (19 7/8 x 15 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bayonet Attack

1941 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 47.7 × 31.7 cm (18 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Paper: 50.5 × 40.4 cm (19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Entertaining the Troops

Entertaining the Troops

1941 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 31.3 × 47.5 cm (12 3/8 × 18 3/4 in.); Paper: 40.4 × 50.5 cm (15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

29 published of 30 catalogued · 21 with image

Art Institute Chicago
19 published19 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
2 published
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Security is maintained at a rally for Voroshilov and Sukarno, Indonesia
1957 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Globe (Society of Young Geographers)
1950 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Office Duct Workers, Italy
1975 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Red Army Crosses the Oder River into Germany
1939 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Inspecting the German Losses on the Outskirts of Odessa
1944 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Chukotsk Fisherman
1972 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Gunner Loading Ammunition
1941 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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From a Day of Grief, Kerch, Crimea (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

From a Day of Grief, Kerch, Crimea (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Phillips

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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