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Simson 425s Painting

Svetlana Yakimcheva

Russia

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 13.8 W x 9.8 H x 0.1 D in

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"AWO-425 (AVO-425, Simson-425) - a motorcycle manufactured at the former arms factory" Simson "in the German city of Suhl. From 1950 to 1962 the motorcycle entered the Soviet Union on account of reparations. "- short for" Avtovelo ", a Soviet joint-stock company, which has united several factories (including Simson) in the GDR since September 1946. The number" 4 "means four-stroke, and" 25 "- a working volume of 250 cm³. The AWO 425 was not completely original design. The pre-war BMW R-23 was taken as a basis. Designers Ewald Diesch and Helmut Pitz updated the design of the motorcycle as best they could, but the similarities with the progenitor were still noticeable. From BMW R-23 AWO 425 received a single-cylinder, overhead valve engine with cardan shaft. Engine displacement 250 cc, power 12 hp. The engine emitted a characteristic sound during operation, for which the Germans gave it the nickname "steam hammer". The engine also inherited phenomenal reliability from BMW. Interestingly, the design provided for the ability to work with a sidecar, although the bike was weak for this. A total of 300 thousand AWO 425 Simson were produced. Not a small part of these motorcycles ended up in the USSR, they were actively sold through the Avtoveltorg network. Unlike JAWA, the cult AWO 425 for some reason did not become. But we are quite fond of the Germans.

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Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:13.8 W x 9.8 H x 0.1 D in

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Svetlana has two distinct passions in life – painting and cars! For many years, she has worn two hats: holding a a degree in graphic design, she has worked as a designer in an corporate environment simultaneously organizing races on the racetrack of St. Petersburg, which led her to travel with the racing team throughout Russia and Europe. During this time, she obtained a certificate in airbrushing, thereby linking her creative and automotive interests. This is how her unique direction in painting has formed. Combining the love for art and cars, she began to focus on the intricate beauty of technology. She saw beauty and sophistication in all sorts of technically complex devices – car engines, cogwheels and other parts, where others only see a perfectly functional mechanism. Now she tries to share her vision with the world and show everyone how beautiful those car mechanisms are... Every artist at least once in his life painted a portrait, and it is through portraiture that one can capture the essence of a person. Svetlana also paints portraits, as each complex mechanism is a portrait of the master who created it, a hidden portrait that is not accessible to everyone... We use cars and other technical devices every day, without even wondering how they work and even more so what they look like. Svetlana has a unique opportunity to know how they look from the inside, thanks to her husband, who brings them back to life after a breakdown. She is a technical portraitist! Today, Svetlana's works are in private collections in Russia, the CIS countries, Finland, Israel, Spain and the USA.

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