The most famous cartoonist and one of the oldest in Russia artists died on the night of October 1 in Moscow

Boris Yefimov Efimovich , a classic of Soviet cartoons has died in Moscow at the 109-year life on the night of Wednesday, 1 October 2008. On his death reported radio «Echo of Moscow» referring to the family of the artist.

Born in Kiev, Boris Yefimov (real name - Fridlyand) began his career in the city magazine cartoonist «viewer» in 1918, then worked in the media «Kommunar» and «Bolshevik», and since the early 1920's his work began to appear in the central Soviet newspapers - «truth» and «Izvestia», in the journal «Crocodile». During the war he was involved in the project «Windows TASS», since 1966 worked to bring together «Agitplakat».

thrice the artist received USSR State Prize, was a member of the Academy of Arts, where he spent several years headed the department of art cartoons, was the winner of three Orders of Lenin and other awards.

He has published several albums, compilations: «Face the enemy» (1931), «Cartooning for Defense of the USSR» (1931), «Fascism - the enemy of the peoples» (1937), «warmongers» (1938), «fascist interveners in Spain» (1938), «Mister Dollar» (1948), «For peace, against the warmongers» (1950), and others. Peru Boris Yefimov owned several books, including «40 years. Notes of the artist-satirist »,« Stories about the artist and satirist »,« I want to tell »,« understanding cartoons »,« the same age Century »,« Ten decades ».

Source: lenta.ru