Radak Alexey

March 26, 1879 (Moscow) - May 31, 1942 (Tbilisi)

cartoonist, poster artist, painter, illustrator, poet.

MUZhViZ In 1900 he graduated in 1905 - TSUTR in St. Petersburg, studied at the School of Baron AL Stieglitz, then continued his studies in Paris with artists Steynlena T. and P. Laurent. Some time he lived in Italy.

In 1908 he was a founding member, chief editor of the first eight issues of the artist and the magazine "Satyricon" (1908), in 1913, after the split of the Satyricon, including his best forces, writers and artists who participated in the creation of the magazine "New Satyricon" and to ban the magazine by the Bolsheviks, saw in him the counter-revolutionary ideas in 1918 to actively work in it.

was exhibited at various exhibitions of new art associations.

From 1912 he worked as a stage designer for the Foundry Theater and the Theater "The Stray Dog (St. Petersburg)," Die Fledermaus "(Moscow). Number of performances produced with the director KA Mardzhanov.

Immediately after the October Revolution Radakov designer was in Petrograd GBDT: "Much Ado About Nothing", "Robbers" (1919). In 1922 - "Don Pasquale" by Donizetti (Trinity Theater, Petrograd), "Swan Lake" (Odessa Opera and Ballet) and others.

in 1919 with the inception and until the closure was editor of Child magazine Galchonok ", painted for Gorky created the children's magazine" Northern Lights ". Founded in Petrograd artistic tavern "Petrushka," which he and institutionalized. Worked on programs for theater-cabaret "Bi-Ba-Bo", opened in January 1917 in the basement of the arcade.

In the 1920's created a huge number of caricatures and cartoons for periodicals, witty posters and drawings, published in the journals Lapot "," Behemoth "," Beach "," laughers "," Bezbozhnik " in 1930 he worked for the magazine "Krokodil". Was co-editor of magazines "Lapot" and "Crocodile". At various times he worked with AT Averchenko and VV Mayakovsky, Sasha Black and N. Teffi, with the masters of charts and illustrations VM Konashevich, VS Svarog, MM Cheremnykh and others.

painted by the artist belongs to the famous propaganda poster "illiterate - the same blind ... "(1920).

Since 1933 Radakov studied film and animation. In 1933-1934 he taught courses in animation at the Press House in Moscow, his disciples were many animators' studios Smirnova. Worked in a team of experimental animation workshop at GUKF led by V. Smirnov, and later - at the "Mosfilm" as art director and producer. In 1935, together with P. Nosov created the cartoons "The City without a match", "Mishka-aeronaut", "Trepak". Recent work Radakova were devoted to the fight against fascism. In 1941 he performed a patriotic poster "Chatter - a godsend for spy».

Radakov - artist satirikonovets, master cartoonist, one of the most outstanding poster artist of the first half of XX century.