Boris Efimov (1900–2008) was a Soviet and Russian graphic artist and a master of political caricature. He was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, a People's Artist of the RSFSR, a People's Artist of the USSR, and an Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR.
Boris Efimov was born on September 28 (October 11), 1900, in Kiev. His first published drawing was a cartoon of politician M. Rodzianko in magazine Solntse Rossii (Sun of Russia) in 1916.
Since 1920, he worked as a cartoonist for newspapers Kommunar and Bolshevik. From 1922, he collaborated with newspapers Pravda and Izvestia, the Krokodil magazine and many other publications, including magazine Chudak (Crank).
After 1938, he was forced to switch over to work in book illustration (writings by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin). In 1940, he returned to political caricature under pseudonym V. Borisov and, after direct instructions from V. Molotov, was again included in the group of masters of Soviet political caricature. In 1966-1990, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Agitplakat creative production association. In association with V. Denis, D. Moor, L. Brodaty, M. Cheremnykh and Kukryniksy, he created a unique phenomenon in world culture referred to as "positive satire."
During the Great Patriotic War, he pictured cartoons about the Third Reich and its allies.
He designed sets for theatre performances such as Titanic Waltz by T. Mushatescu (1956, Central Theater of the Soviet Army, Moscow) and others, and participated in the creation of films at the Soyuzmultfilm studio (1950–1960).
In August of 2002, he became the Head of the cartoon art department at the Russian Academy of Arts. On September 28, 2007, he was appointed Chief Artist of the Izvestia newspaper.
The postage stamp provides a replica of painting The Hero Harvest by B. Efimov (1957, Novokuznetsk Art Museum); the margins of the souvenir sheet feature a portrait of the artist at work.
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