Vitaly Viktorovich Peskov (Russian: Ð'Ð¸Ñ‚Ð°Ì Ð»Ð¸Ð¹
Ð'Ð¸Ì ÐºÑ‚Ð¾Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐŸÐµÑ ÐºÐ¾Ì Ð², May 12, 1944â€"March 12, 2002)
was a Russian cartoonist who also worked as an illustrator and an
animation director.In 2000, Vitaly Peskov was recognized as the best
Russian caricaturist of the 20th century (according to the magazine
“Faces†(ru: Лица) published in Russia). He was a cartoonist
of the democratic trend and did not serve the Soviet Communist
authorities. As a result, he was summoned to the KGB, he did not
publish personal books of his works and had no personal exhibitions.In
all, Peskov authored about 15,000 cartoons. His first cartoon was
published in Smena in 1967, after which he was invited to the
Literaturnaya Gazeta. In the following years, he worked for a variety
of other publications. However, Peskov's cartoons never had an
official support by the Soviet authorities, and unlike with other
well-known artists, no exhibition of Peskov's works had ever been
organized during his life.Vitaly Peskov, during his lifetime, issued
copyright for his works to his wife Irina Korshikova. She later wrote
in her memoirs: he was afraid that outsiders (KGB) would get his
drawings and wrote powers of attorney for his wife.
Ð'Ð¸Ì ÐºÑ‚Ð¾Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐŸÐµÑ ÐºÐ¾Ì Ð², May 12, 1944â€"March 12, 2002)
was a Russian cartoonist who also worked as an illustrator and an
animation director.In 2000, Vitaly Peskov was recognized as the best
Russian caricaturist of the 20th century (according to the magazine
“Faces†(ru: Лица) published in Russia). He was a cartoonist
of the democratic trend and did not serve the Soviet Communist
authorities. As a result, he was summoned to the KGB, he did not
publish personal books of his works and had no personal exhibitions.In
all, Peskov authored about 15,000 cartoons. His first cartoon was
published in Smena in 1967, after which he was invited to the
Literaturnaya Gazeta. In the following years, he worked for a variety
of other publications. However, Peskov's cartoons never had an
official support by the Soviet authorities, and unlike with other
well-known artists, no exhibition of Peskov's works had ever been
organized during his life.Vitaly Peskov, during his lifetime, issued
copyright for his works to his wife Irina Korshikova. She later wrote
in her memoirs: he was afraid that outsiders (KGB) would get his
drawings and wrote powers of attorney for his wife.
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