IVANOV Victor Semenovich

29 октября (11 ноября) 1909 (Moscow) — 26 ноября 1968 (Moscow)

graphic artist of cinema, painter

he Studied at Moscow art College of memory 1905 года (1926-1929) Е. Н. Якуба in the Studio Д. Н. Кардовского in Moscow (1928-1929), Vhuteine — the Leningrad Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture (1929-1933) Б. В. Дубровского-Эшке and Н. Э. Радлова.

he Lived in Moscow. Was engaged in a political poster: "Grow healthy young" (1935), "Slaves unbend his back" (1938-1939), "to lend a helping hand to the brotherly peoples of Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia — is our sacred duty" (1939), "Socialist industry and transport — labor reserves!" (1940) and others In the great Patriotic war was for the "TASS Windows"; complied with the slogans: "Forward! To The West!" (1942), "Drink water of the native Dnieper, we will drink from Prut, Neman, bug" (1943), "All hope for you, Red warrior!", "West!", "You gave us back our lives!" (all — 1943) and others. In the late 1940-х — 1960- worked a lot on posters dedicated to В. И. Ленину and the struggle for peace. The author of the posters: "Mothers around the world, fight for peace!" (1949), "Our way — path of communism!" (1956), "the People and the party — United!" (1957), "Work by-коммунистически!" (1958), the series "long live 50 лет Soviet power!" (1966-1967).

In 1946 and 1949 for a series of posters were awarded the State (Stalin) prize of the USSR. In 1964 for the posters: "Lenin is with us" (1961), "No war!" (1962), "Our fathers — heroes October — glory!" (1963) was awarded the silver medal of the USSR Academy of arts; in 1967 for the posters "Lenin-вождь", "Lenin-мыслитель", "to control, it is necessary to have an army of hardened revolutionaries-коммунистов, it is, it's called the party" (all — 1965), "Lenin — lived, Lenin — is alive, Lenin — will live" (1966) and several others received the gold medal of the Academy of arts.

Illustrated and designed books for Books: "Days and nights" К. М. Симонова (1944), "the old days" Х.-М. Мугуева (1954).

Executed a number of easel paintings: "Actress Е. А. Максимова" (1935), "Portrait О. Б." (1937), "storming of the Winter Palace" (1938), "the liberated land" (1945), "the Patriot (Zoe)" (1946-1947), "Lenin at subbotnik" (1965), "Portrait of the artist В. И. Араловой-Петерсон" (1966);: "the suburbs" (1955), "abroad" (1956, 1958, 1961, 1962) and others. Created a series of graphic works "the Curse of fascism" (1961).

Designed the film Studio "Mezhrabpomfilm", "thumbnail": "Victory" М. И. Доллера and В. И. Пудовкина (1938), "Honor" Е. В. Червякова (1938), "Lenin in 1918 году" М. И. Ромма (1939, together with Б. В. Дубровским-Эшке), "man of the Taiga" О. И. Преображенской, И. К. Правова (1941) and others.

From 1934 — participated in exhibitions. Exhibited: "XX years of the red army and the Military-Морского Navy" (1934), all-Union art exhibitions (1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1965), "30 лет of the Soviet Armed Forces" (1948), "Soviet artists in the struggle for peace" (1952), "Soviet Russia" (1960), exhibitions of Moscow artists (1961, 1963, 1964) in Moscow; picture, illustration, poster (1940), Soviet poster (1948) in Moscow and Leningrad; "Posters of the red Army" (1942) in Perm, the all-Union exhibition poster in Kiev and Moscow (1959, 1963) and others. The participant of many international exhibitions: in London (1934), Vienna (1948), Helsinki (1950).

the author of the book "How to create a poster" (M., 1963) and of several articles in periodicals about the Soviet political poster, and the art of cinema.

For his activity was awarded the title of honored art worker of the RSFSR (1955), member-корреспондента Academy of arts of the USSR (1958).

Work is represented in many Museum collections, including the State Russian Museum, Saratov art Museum and others.