Semen
Abramovich Semenov-Menes

Russia • 1895−1972

Biography and information

Member of the Union of artists of the USSR.

1895 Born in Grodno, Belarus.

1915-1918 Studies at the Kharkov art College.

1919-1925 Works in Ukrainian "Windows of GROWTH". Painted agitation trains and hitparade.

1925 Lives in Moscow. Prepares a theatrical production. One of the leading masters movie posters and film advertising. Participates in the design of international exhibitions.

1950s Executes the pavilions at the all-Union agricultural exhibition in Moscow.

1960s Prepares the pavilion "Science" at the Exhibition of achievements of national economy.

1966-1967 participates in the design of the Museum of K. Tsiolkovsky in Kaluga.

1982, Died in Moscow.