Kukryniksy
Kukryniksy (Russian Кукрыниксы ) is an acronym for a group of three Soviet draftsman and caricaturist:
- Mikhail Kuprijanov (Russian Михаил Васильевич Куприянов, .. * 8 Oktoberjul / October 21 1903greg in Tetjuschi, today Tatarstan, † November 11, 1991 in Moscow)
- Porphyrius Nikititch Krylov ( Порфирий Никитич Крылов; * 9 Augustjul / August 22 1902greg in Schtschelkunowo, Tula province, † 15 May 1990 in Moscow.. )
- Nicolai Sokolov ( Николай Александрович Соколов; * 8 Julijul / July 21 1903greg in Tsaritsyno, Moscow today, † April 17, 2000 in Moscow.. )
Work and life of the group
For the style of work of these artists was characteristic that each first drew a design on a given topic. After then the best suggestion was elected, they developed this drawing together more and signed it with " Kukryniksy ".
The three met at the Moscow Art School Vkhutemas that of 1923 graduated Kupriyanov 1921-1929, 1921-1928 Krylov and Sokolov until 1929.
As of 1925, the three students worked jointly as permanent employees of the newspapers Komsomolskaya Pravda, literature Gazeta, and later for the cartoon magazine crocodile and other newspapers and journals. In particular, during the Great Patriotic War, they drew scathing political cartoons. These cartoons were dropped as postcards behind the German front. German soldiers wore these postcards to himself, faced the death penalty.
Besides their cartoons and posters created the three book illustrations, so to Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov and Nikolai Leskov The left-hander from.
Kupriyanov became a full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. He was honored as a hero of socialist labor and as a People's Artist of the USSR and with other state awards. As a freelance artist he was, among other things, landscapes, primarily in Western Europe, Japan and the United States.
Krylov was also a full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. Often honored with social and state awards, he drew mainly portraits, landscapes and still lifes.
Sokolow was a full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. His main area of work was out of the political cartoon in landscape and portrait painting. He has received numerous social and state awards.
The three artists are buried side by side at the Moscow Novodevichy Cemetery.