> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://theparnassian.com/en/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Alexander Gerasimov and other artists painted Stalin in his coffin in the Hall of Columns
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/chto-kasaetsia-zhivopistsev-i-vozhdei-to-kogda-stalin-v-kolonnom-zale-lezhal-podle-ego-groba-byl-s-etiudnikom-aleksandr-gerasimov-1881-1963-i-risoval-portret-generalissimusa/
- Published: 2021-01-27T20:20:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:02:10.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Art, Moscow, People

As for painters and leaders: when Stalin lay in state in the Hall of Columns, Alexander Gerasimov (1881-1963) sat beside the coffin with his sketch box, drawing a portrait of the Generalissimo. Other artists stood nearby with their easels, and all of them painted the immortal Stalin in his coffin.