Boris Grinsson (1907 in

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=pskov-ru.ogg, p=pskof; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population ...

, Russia – 1999) was an artist famous for drawing the designs for over 2000 French

film posters A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film primarily to persuade paying customers into a theater to see it. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. The ...

. Fleeing Russia after the

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

takeover, Grinsson's family settled in

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, where he studied art in

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. Moving to

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to use his skills, he found work at the UFA Studio designing film posters. His drawing of an anti-Hitler election poster in 1932 led him to flee Germany to Paris after Hitler took power.

References

* Segura, Jean ''Boris Grinsson: Edition bilingue français-anglais'' Publisher Intemporel (Stanislas Choko), 2006

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grinsson, Boris 1907 births 1999 deaths 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters Film poster artists French poster artists People from the Russian Empire Estonian emigrants Immigrants to Germany Immigrants to France