Kukryniksy Making Hitler look silly 1945

The Kukryniksy (russian: Кукрыниксы) were three caricaturists/

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

s in the USSR with a recognizable style. "Kukryniksy" is a collective name, which is derived from the names of three caricaturists Mikhail Kupriyanov (Михаил Васильевич Куприянов, 1903–1991), Porfiri Krylov (Порфирий Никитич Крылов, 1902–1990), and Nikolai Sokolov (Николай Александрович Соколов, 1903–2000) who had met at VKhUTEMAS, a Moscow art school, in the early 1920s. The three began drawing caricatures under the joint signature in 1924. They became nationally famous in the 1930s after the rise of fascism, drawing for '' Krokodil'', the Moscow satirical paper. They received international recognition for their attacks on Adolf Hitler,

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, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, and Francisco Franco. During the Second World War they established the TASS Windows for political cartoons and posters. After the end of the Second World War they continued to depict politics in their series ''Cold War'' (1945—1980s). They illustrated a number of books, including Ilf and Petrov's, Nikolay Gogol, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Nikolai Leskov, Miguel de Cervantes. The Kukryniksy are also authors of Socialist Realism-style paintings concerned with historical, political and propaganda topics. As individuals, they are also known as landscape and portrait artists. All three were awarded the title of honor, honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR (1958). They were also recipients of other awards. There are more than a thousand works of the Kukryniksy in the collection of Alexandre Garese, which have been restored.

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External links

Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
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* [https://krylovporfirykukryniksyenglish.blogspot.com/ Biography of Krylov Porfiry, member of Kukryniksy]
Kukryniksy Caricature Poster Collection

Kukryniksy, The End
Trios People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts) Russian caricaturists Russian editorial cartoonists Soviet artists Russian cartoonists Russian painters Russian poster artists Vkhutemas alumni Collective pseudonyms {{illustrator-stub