Of the photomontage poster artists of the 20th century, Viktor Borisovich Koretskii stands out as one of the most iconic. His prolific career in the Soviet Union began in the 1930s and ended in the 1980s, and his unique artistic style influenced generations of graphic artists. From 1921 to 1929, Viktor Koretskii attended the Moscow Secondary School of Professional Art, and by 1931 he was working as a professional graphic designer. Koretskii perfected his own technique of photomontage ...

The Detgiz publishing and printing plant in Moscow was located at 49 Sushchevskii Rampart. While it focused on children's books, occasionally it printed political posters. Detgiz was founded in 1933 following a merger with Young Guard (Molodaia Gvardia) publishing. With the aid of famed Russian author Maxim Gorky; Detgiz attracted significant literary talent resulting in Soviet writers, artists and educators being dully employed by the firm. There were many departments within Detgiz such as fiction, classical literature ...

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