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Alexander
Solomonovich Zhytomyr

Russia • 1907−2003

Schedule. Member of the Union of artists of the USSR.

Honored artist of the RSFSR.

1907 was Born in Rostov-on-don.

1920-1925-Studied at Studio A. D. Silin. Beginning work in the area of an advertising poster.

1925 - in Moscow.

1925-1929 Studies at the Central Studio of the Association of artists of revolutionary Russia (AHRR) I. I. Mashkov, then at V. A. Favorsky.

From 1930 a regular cartoonist in the newspaper "Labour", "workers ' newspaper", author of posters for the "Exportfile" and "Intourist", the artist-decorator magazines "Building", "industry of socialism", "the Illustrated newspaper", designer and Illustrator in publishing houses "Soviet writer", "Soviet Russia", "Young guard".

1941-1945 Performs a series of anti-fascist and anti-war posters and pamphlets, mostly of a montage, also draws magazine "Frontline illustration" and "Front of illustrirte".

1947-1970-e - political posters, friendly caricatures of famous figures of culture and sports.

Since 1950, the main artist of magazine "Soviet Union".

1967 Honored artist of the RSFSR.

1978 people's artist of the RSFSR.

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