Viktor Semenovich Ivanov () (11 November 1909Ivanov's birth date: New style (Modern Gregorian): 11 November 1909 = Old style (Old Julian): 29 October 1909 - 26 November 1968) was a

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poster artist who worked for the

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agency. Among his posters is the well known " Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live forever". Born in Moscow, Ivanov was a

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of the

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(1955) and Corresponding Member of the

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(1958). A recognized master of political posters, he worked as a painter and artist of cinema. In 1929 he graduated from the Moscow State Technical College of Fine Arts, where he was trained at the studio of

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. The same year he entered the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of the

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, from which he graduated in 1933. While a student, he began working as a poster artist of Izogiz. In 1930 he worked as a film artist at

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. From 1934, he was a permanent participant in all-Russian, all-Union and international exhibitions.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov, Viktor Semenovich Soviet artists Artists from Moscow 1909 births 1968 deaths Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery Russian poster artists