Nikolai Pomansky (1887−1935) was a

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and

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who produced propaganda posters and

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s. He studied under

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and

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at the Stroganov School for Technical Drawing (later

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), in

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. Then in 1904 he went to

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. Here he continued his education at the

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and Siemens. He returned to Russia to teach painting spending four years in

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and

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. He joined the

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in 1914 and welcomed the

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in 1917. During the

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he primarily worked at producing posters. He later returned to painting and book illustration.

Gallery

1907. Зимний день.jpg, Winter Day,1907 Маневры - генеральный смотр результатов социалистического соревнования.jpg, "Maneuvers are a general review of the results of socialist competition. Through socialist competition to strengthen the combat power of the army" (1920's) 1923. Иван Царевич и Серый Волк.jpg, "Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pomansky, Nikolai 1887 births 1935 deaths Russian male artists Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry alumni