The Maze (painting) it undigestible. The skull in the painting has been opened up by ribbon, to suggest the work of the doctors at the mental hospital, attempting to make a proper diagnosis. Kurelek depicted the rat spirit as inert, unwilling to leave his prison even though it has been opened up for him. This was Kurelek's way of showing his doctors what their job was. He writes, in his autobiography, "Now clean me out, I challenge you scientists, and put me back together again - a happy, balanced, mature, fulfilled personality. Lift that rat out and unwind him and let him run
Lenin in Kremlin (painting) depicted sitting in a chair on a summer day in the garden. The same approach is seen in his large genre painting "Lenin in Kremlin" of 1960. The event depicted in the painting "Lenin in the Kremlin" related to the second half of 1921. The artist reproduces in detail the situation of the working office of Lenin in the Kremlin. The idea of painting is typical for the time of the turn of 1950-60's. The event shown in the picture likely relates to the second half of 1921. Nikolai Baskakov wanted to show Lenin as a statesman at the time