SCHEGLOV Eugene B.

1927 (Kashira) - 1991 (Moscow)

schedule, set designer.

was born in the house of his grandfather in Kashira, in 1928 with his mother moved to Moscow. In 1941 he was evacuated to Kazan, as a member of the military families.

He started working in the field of satirical graphics. Released "Windows satire, performed a series of caricatures of Hitler. Posted a few cartoons on everyday topics in the magazine "Krokodil", but they have not been published.

In 1945 he returned to Moscow. On the advice of Kukryniksy showed his drawings at the Moscow Institute of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. VISurikova, as well as in the Moscow Higher School of Industrial Art (former Stroganov), was adopted by both the Institute, but chose MVHUPU. He studied at the PV Kuznetsov, VE Egorova, M. N. Aleksic, and VI Frolova. I got carried away etching. During the studies produced a handwritten journal, which led Humor "Clicking on the nose».

Since 1948, attended the courses of young cartoonists in the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets, which initiated the opening of the art department was editor of "Crocodile" BI Prophets. Engaged in GO Valka. In the same year published his first satirical drawing in Moskovsky Komsomolets. In 1949 he was invited to work in "Crocodile". Worked closely with renowned masters cartoons VN Goryaev, A. M. Kanevsky, BM Leo, L. H. Brodaty. In 1954, created the illustrations for the stories of three MA Zoshchenko ( "Crocodile», № 6, 1954). In 1955 was appointed Deputy Art Editor VN Goryaeva, but a year later moved again to the creative work.

in 1960 exhibited a series of drawings of the Arts and spectator at an exhibition in the Moscow Manege ". In 1957-1962 he worked on a graphic album "Playground". He has released extensive cycles of satirical drawings "My friends", "On large small", "Caution Children", "Good morning", "Humor».

Shcheglov - one of the leading masters of the Soviet post-war cartoons. The heyday of his work falls on the 1950 - 1960 and is connected with the work in the journal Krokodil ».

Served successor tradition of satirical graphics 1920 was released in the magazines "Behemoth", "laughers", "Siskin", "hedgehog" and others, with its inherent characteristics and severity of high technical skill. In this cartoon Shcheglov, like many of his contemporaries, different ideological consistency and absence of conflict. He worked mainly in the genre of domestic cartoons, at least - political.

works are in several museum collections, as well as in private collections.