Aminadav Moiseevich Kanevsky. Biography

Kanevsky Aminadav Moiseevich Soviet artist
Aminadav Moiseevich Kanevsky (1898 – 1973)
Aminadav Moiseevich Kanevsky is a Soviet satirist, graphic artist, illustrator and cartoonist. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, People’s Artist of the RSFSR and the USSR, Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. Studied with Nikolai Kupreyanov, Dmitry Moor, Pavel Pavlinov and Vladimir Favorsky.
The author of the famous image of Murzilka, illustrations for children’s books, including “The Golden Key” by A. N. Tolstoy, “Moidodyr” by K. I. Chukovsky, works by M. Ye. Saltykov-Shchedrin, N.V. Gogol, V.V. Mayakovsky, as well as many cartoons and satirical posters.