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Viktor Deni

1893–1946

Biography

Viktor Nikolaevich Denisov (Russian: Виктор Николаевич Денисов; March 8, 1893 – August 3, 1946), best known by the shortened pseudonym Viktor Deni, was a Russian and Soviet satirist, cartoonist and poster artist. Deni was one of the major agitprop poster artists of the Bolshevist period (1917–1921).

His art is held in the collections of the Tate Modern.

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  • Capitalists of the World, Unite!

    Viktor Deni
    1920
  • The Butchers are Torturing Ukraine - Death to the Butchers!

    Viktor Deni
    1920
  • GPU - Counter-Revolutionary Pest

    Viktor Deni
    1930
  • A Pig Trained in Paris

    Viktor Deni
    1920
  • Capital

    Viktor Deni
    1924
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