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Artist: 
Dmitri Baltermants
Exhibition: 
Dmitri Baltermants
Kukrinisky, 1950s
Vintage color print
19 3/8 x 15 1/8 inches
Stamped in English
 
The Kukryniksy (Кукрыниксы) were three caricaturists in the USSR with a recognizable style.
Kukryniksy was a collective name derived from the combined names of three caricaturists Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov 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 Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco. During WW II they established the TASS Windows for political cartoons and posters. They also illustrated a number of books, including Ilf and Petrov's. The Kukrynuksy are also authors of socialist realist style paintings, they were awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR (1958).