Viktor Deni | |
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| Russian:Виктор Николаевич Денисов | |
 Viktor Deni in 1933 | |
| Born | Viktor Nikolaevich Denisov (1893-03-08)8 March 1893 |
| Died | 3 August 1946(1946-08-03) (aged 53) Moscow,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union |
Viktor Nikolaevich Denisov (Russian:Виктор Николаевич Денисов; March 8, 1893 – August 3, 1946),[1] best known by the shortened pseudonymViktor Deni, was a Russian and Sovietsatirist,cartoonist andposter artist. Deni was one of the majoragitprop poster artists of theBolshevist period (1917–1921).
His art is held in the collections of theTate Modern.[2]
Born in Moscow in 1893, Denisov later shortened his surname to Deni.[3] Deni moved toSt. Petersburg in 1913 where he established himself as a successfulcaricaturist, his caricatures appearing in a number of illustrated satirical journals.[3] After theOctober Revolution Deni worked for the Litizdat (the state publishing house),[3] an agency founded in June 1919 to coordinate the various publishing centres on behalf of theBolsheviks. He produced nearly 50 political posters during theRussian Civil War, including some of his most well known satirical work.[3] He became one of the major agitprop poster artists of the Bolshevist period (1917–1921).[3] Deni subsequently focused on producing newspaper cartoons that addressed foreign policy issues.[3]
Deni taught poster artistNina Vatolina from 1935 until 1939; Vatolina married his son, Nikolai, in 1934.[4]
During theGerman–Soviet War (World War II), he returned to the medium of the political poster together with several other prominent poster artists of the Civil War such as Mikhail Cheremnykh andDmitry Moor.[5]
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