Yuliy Ganf
Male, Deceased Person
1898 – 1973
Who was Yuliy Ganf?
Yuliy Abramovich Ganf - Soviet Russian graphic artist, People's Artist of the USSR, especially known for his satirical cartoons in the Krokodil magazine.
Yuliy Ganf was born in the city of Poltava. He studied in the Art Shop of Eduard Steinberg in 1917–1920 and in VKhUTEMAS in 1922–1924. In 1920s, he produced political caricatures for Moscow-based magazines and newspapers: Krasny Perets, Bezbozhnik, Krokodil, Pravda, illustrated books published for Detgiz. Author of many political slogans in 1930s. In 1945, he was granted the title of Honoured Artist of RSFSR, and in 1964 - People's Artist of the USSR. In 1970, he was awarded the golden Fighter for Peace medal at the International Exhibition "Satire in Fight for Peace". Yuliy Ganf died in Moscow.
The artworks of Ganf are exhibited in several museums of art throughout Russia and CIS: Tver Museum of Art, Yekaterinburg Museum of Art, Lugansk Museum of Art, Yerevan Armenia Art Gallery, the Russian State Library and other collections.
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