Boris Grinsson (1907 in Pskov, Russia – 1999) was an artist famous for drawing the designs for over 2000 French film posters. Fleeing Russia after the

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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

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{{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