DENIS (real name Denisov) Viktor

February 24, 1893 (Moscow) - August 3, 1946 (Moscow)

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Systematic arts education is not received. In early 1910-s he took private lessons in painting and drawing at the NP Ulyanov.

lived in Moscow (until 1913, in 1918, from 1920), Petrograd (1913-1917), Kazan (1919). Since 1910-s he worked in the field of satirical graphics. Collaborated in the journals "Alarm clock", "Satyricon", the Sun of Russia "," Lukomorie "," Twinkle "," Beach "," Journal of magazines, "" Machine Gun ", the newspaper" Voice of Moscow, and others; drawing political cartoons, caricatures on of culture.

After the October Revolution, illustrated magazines and newspapers are "poor", "Red Dawns, the Banner of Revolution (late 1910-s), created cartoons for the newspaper Pravda, Izvestia, the journals Crocodile "," Paprika "," Searchlight, "Soviet Screen" (1920-30-e). He worked as a poster artist. In the early 1920's was involved in the production of "windows GROWTH».

Since 1906 exhibitions. Member of the exhibitor and the Association of Independent (1910-1917) and the Salon humorists. In 1920-30's exhibited his works at exhibitions "Red Army" (1923), works of revolutionary and Soviet themes (1930), "Poster at the service of five-year plan", "Cartooning for socialist construction" (both - 1932) in Moscow . He participated in many international fairs and exhibitions of Soviet art abroad, in particular, shows the revolutionary posters in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna (1927), "The Art Book" in Leipzig (1927), "Socialist art today in Amsterdam (1930), the international exhibition Poster in Liege (1932) and others.

In 1932 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR. During the Great Patriotic War, performed an extensive series of accusatory cartoons and posters on Hitler's army.

Denis - one of the greatest masters of the Soviet satirical graphics. His works are inherent in political acuity, the decision of genre themes; feature of manners is a clear outline drawing filled with patches of local color.

Works Denis are in many museum collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, Russia State Library, GMII im. Pushkin and others.