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Nikolai Alexandrovich Sokolov(8 (21) July 1903, Tsaritsyno, - April 17, 2000, Moscow) - Russian soviet artist, graphic artist and painter. Artist of the Kukryniksy group.

Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1947). People's Artist of the USSR (1958). Hero of Socialist Labor (1973). Laureate of Lenin (1965), five Stalin (1942, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951) and the USSR State Prize (1975).

Biography

Nikolai Sokolov was born in the village of Tsaritsyno near Moscow. Youth years spent in the city of Rybinsk, where he studied at the art studio of Proletkult.

After graduation elementary school Sokolov entered the Moscow Real School of Voskresensky. His classmate was Sergey Obraztsov.

Was one of the Kukryniksy, creative team Soviet graphic artists and painters, which, in addition to him, included full members of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, People's Artists of the USSR, Heroes of Socialist Labor M. V. Kupriyanov (1903-1991), P. N. Krylov (1902-1990).

N. A. Sokolov died on April 17, 2000. Buried in Moscow Novodevichy cemetery(section No. 10).

Awards and prizes

• Hero of Socialist Labor (1973)
• 2 Orders of Lenin (05/04/1962; 07/20/1973)
• order October revolution (21.07.1983)
• order Patriotic War 1st degree (09/23/1945)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (20/10/1993)
• medals
• People's Artist of the USSR (1958)
• Lenin Prize (1965) - for a series of political cartoons published in the Pravda newspaper and the Crocodile magazine
• Stalin Prize first degree (1942) - for a series of political posters and cartoons
• Stalin Prize of the first degree (1947) - for illustrations to the works of A.P. Chekhov
• Stalin Prize of the first degree (1949) - for the painting "The End" (1947-1948)
• Stalin Prize of the second degree (1950) - for political cartoons and illustrations for M. Gorky's book "Foma Gordeev"
• Stalin Prize of the first degree (1951) - for a series of posters "War warmers" and other political cartoons, as well as illustrations for M. Gorky's novel "Mother"
• State Prize of the USSR (1975) - for illustrations and design of the book by N. S. Leskov "Lefty"
• State Prize of the RSFSR named after I. E. Repin (1982) - for the illustrations and design of the book by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a City"
• Honorary citizen of Rybinsk (1985)

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WITH okolov Nikolai Alexandrovich - Soviet graphic artist and painter, member creative team Kukryniksy, Moscow.

Born on July 8 (21), 1903 in the village of Tsaritsyno, since 1960 within the city of Moscow (Southern Administrative District) in a merchant family. Russian. He was the eldest of six children who lost their father's support early. Started working at the age of 14. In the spring of 1920, the Sokolov family moved to Rybinsk (now in Yaroslavl region) to the mother's homeland. Here Nikolai Sokolov, working as a clerk in the Department of Water Transport, graduated from the second stage school. At the same time, he studied at the art studio of Proletkult and received his first professional skills in drawing and painting.

In the summer of 1923 he left for Moscow and entered the Higher Artistic and Technical Workshops (VHUTEMAS), the printing department. During his studies, M.V. became friends. Kupriyanov and P.N. Krylov Created in the mid-1920s, the creative union called "Kukryniksy" lasted more than 60 years, striking with its surprisingly fruitful creative longevity. The collective pseudonym Kukryniksy was composed of the first syllables of the surnames of Kupriyanov and Krylov, as well as the first syllable of the name and the first letter of the surname of Sokolov. Three artists worked by the method of collective creativity (each also worked individually - on portraits and landscapes).

The team is best known for its numerous skillfully executed caricatures and cartoons, as well as book illustrations created in a characteristic caricature style. The landmark works for the artists were grotesque topical caricatures on the topics of internal and international life. Since 1933, the Kukryniksy have been permanent cartoonists for the Pravda newspaper, which made them the main conductors and propagandists (in a satirical form) of the official political line in the country.

During the Great Patriotic War, along with cartoons, a number of posters were released (among them - the very first poster after the German attack "We will mercilessly defeat and destroy the enemy!", June 1941 - with a caricature of Hitler) and satirical "TASS Windows", completed more than a four-year epic in Nuremberg as correspondents for the newspaper Pravda.

At the same time, since the 1920s, the Kukryniksy also acted as illustrators, referring to works of literature with a deep understanding of the features of the era depicted and the language of the writer. The range of their creativity in this area is very wide - from sharp graphic grotesque to lyrical picturesque images. Among the works illustrated by them: "12 Chairs" and "The Golden Calf", Ilf and Petrov, "Golovlevs" and other works by Saltykov-Shchedrin, "The Lady with the Dog" and other works by Chekhov, "The Life of Klim Samgin", "Foma Gordeev” and “Mother” by M. Gorky, “Don Quixote” by Cervantes.

IN easel painting The Kukryniksy also set themselves tasks of great political significance, creatively developing the traditions of the Russian realistic art and sometimes using separate techniques of his satirical graphics. They turn to historical subjects, devoting a significant place to the theme of heroism. Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War.

The team won the Lenin Prize (1965, for a series of political cartoons published in the Pravda newspaper and the Krokodil magazine), 4 Stalin Prizes of the 1st degree (1942, for a series of political cartoons; 1947, for illustrations to the works of A.P. Chekhov, 1949, for the painting "The End", 1951, for a series of posters "warmongers" and other political cartoons, as well as illustrations for the novel by M. Gorky "Mother"), Stalin Prize 2nd degree (1950, for political cartoons and illustrations for the book by M. Gorky “Foma Gordeev”), the State Prize of the USSR (1975, for the design and illustrations for the book by N.S. Leskov “Lefty”), the State Prize of the RSFSR named after I.E. Repin (1982, for the design and illustrations for the book by M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a City"). He was also awarded the gold medal of the World Exhibition in Paris (1937) and Brussels (1958) and many other awards.

At Kazom of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 20, 1973 for outstanding services in the development of Soviet fine arts and in connection with the 70th anniversary Sokolov Nikolai Alexandrovich He was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor with the Order of Lenin and the Hammer and Sickle gold medal.

Nikolai Alexandrovich Sokolov last days life continued to paint and retained an incredible clarity of mind. Sokolov was rightfully called a witness of the twentieth century: he remembered to the smallest detail his meetings with Mayakovsky, Gorky, Ilf and Petrov, Shostakovich ... He was the oldest member Russian Academy arts (since 1947). By his 95th birthday, he managed to release the book Sketches from Memory. He died by an absurd accident: from a complication after surgery on a broken leg.

Passed away April 15, 2000. He was buried in Moscow, at the Novodevichy Cemetery, next to his fellow writers - Kupriyanov and Krylov (plot 10).

Awarded 2 Orders of Lenin (05/04/1962; 07/20/1973), Orders of the October Revolution (07/21/1983), Patriotic War 1st degree (09/23/1945), Friendship of Peoples (10/20/1993), medals. People's Artist of the USSR (11/24/1958). Honorary citizen of the city of Rybinsk (1985).

The creative association of artists Kukryniksy, which became famous in the 30-40s of the XX century for its satirical works, is almost unknown to new generations today. Artists have played an important role in culture and politics Soviet Union.

VHUTEMAS - meeting point

The higher artistic and technical workshops, created in 1920 and known throughout the world as VKHUTEMAS, produced a large number of designers and artists who significantly influenced not only Soviet culture, but also left a mark in world art.

In particular, the artists of Kukryniksy, who came here, started their journey from here. different ways and from different places, but with one goal - to learn how to create beauty. Mikhail Kupriyanov and Porfiry Krylov met in 1922 while working on issues of the VKHUTEMAS wall newspaper "Arapotdel". They signed their works with the abbreviation Kukry and Krykup. They were later joined by student recruit Nikolai Sokolov, who had long signed his work as Nix. This is how the famous students appeared, united not only by love for art, but also by a common worldview. Their element was laughter, they subtly noticed humorous features in the surrounding reality, and this became their starting point in cooperation.

Commonwealth of like-minded people

The artists of Kukryniksy are a unique phenomenon in world culture. Simultaneous work on the works demanded from them a close connection and closeness in their views. They were united by a creative platform - they sought to notice the funny and express it in drawings. Big role V. Mayakovsky played in the formation of the Commonwealth, he embodied their thoughts and moods. His "Windows of Growth Satire" became a real university for cartoonists. The poet also drew attention to an interesting team and invited them to arrange the production of "The Bedbug", later they will create a series of sketches for this work. In this work, the features of their artistic method crystallized, they drew courage, accuracy and topicality from Mayakovsky.

The biography of the team is connected with the creation of a unique phenomenon in the visual arts, it was called "positive satire". The second person to play essential role in the formation of the Kukryniksy, there was Gorky. He not only helped them find work, but also guided them on the right ideological path. It was he who encouraged their interest in politics and helped them understand the party line. Truly satirical works- mocking and caustic. For several decades, from the mid-20s to the end of the 90s, the artists were close friends, and this allowed them to work together.

The artistic method of the Kukryniksy

Artists Kukryniksy were able to create a unique method of working on the work. existed before them, but there were none in which all creative individualities were erased in the name of the collective "I" of the artist. They worked in such a way that the potential of each creator was embodied to the greatest extent in the final work. As a result of close unity, a recognizable satirical style of artists arose, which was most fully realized in posters and caricatures, but is also distinguishable in paintings. They worked on the work in turn, the drawing went around in circles, each one added his own touches to it, and a collective product was obtained.

Kukryniksy have always adhered to two principles: nationality and party spirit. They understood art as a service to the Motherland, and they carried the heroic mood of the era of the 1920s through their entire creative life.

Milestones of the creative path

Started joint work Kukryniksy as cartoonists in the famous wall newspaper "Arapotdel", which sharply ridiculed cosmopolitans and formalists, putting the party line into practice. Since 1924, they began to engage in illustrations for literary works. They illustrated young writers and even developed such a genre as fine criticism. Maxim Gorky drew attention to unusual illustrators and advised them to draw themes for art more widely from life, and not just from literature. At the end of the 1920s, the cartoons of the Kukryniksy were published in all literary magazines, they became close to many writers. They exposed literary vices: boredom, absurdity, formalism. And today, many of their caricatures have not lost their relevance.

Since 1925, the group has been actively cooperating with the Soviet media, publishing caustic caricatures of social vices there. Gradually, their fame grew, and each reader, opening the newspaper, first looked for these drawings. During this period, their technique is honed, they are especially good at ink drawings, and the caricature, caustic presentation attracts with its atypical sharpness for the Soviet press. Their series, such as "Transport" in the newspaper "Pravda", brought them serious fame. They become the mouthpiece of the era.

In the prewar years, the Kukryniksy found themselves in a new genre - a political poster. During the war years, it becomes a real weapon against the enemy. Kukryniksy, whose posters helped the people of the Soviet Union in the most hard times became a powerful ideological instrument of power. Their poster "We will mercilessly defeat and destroy the enemy!" appeared on the streets of the country in June 1941. They served the Motherland and went through the whole war with soldiers and leaflets. They also worked in the TASS Windows project, which, in the form of a poster, covered the news and supported the morale of the nation. After the war, they received accreditation for the Nuremberg trials and conducted their sarcastic reporting from there. Kukryniksy became real classics Soviet caricature, they were known all over the world, received many professional awards.

The third direction in which the Kukryniksy worked was painting. They wrote genre paintings on historical themes laying the foundations of a new direction in art - socialist realism. During the period of restoration of the country, the Kukryniksy work a lot in the press, are engaged in book graphics, paint pictures. In the 60s they create a large number of illustrations for Russian classics. At the same time, each artist creates independently. In the 80s and 90s, due to their age, the artists worked less, but their creative union did not break up until the end of their lives.

Significant works of the Kukryniksy

The artists of Kukryniksy were very productive, many wonderful works came out from under their pencil and brush. The most notable were: a series of satirical portraits "The Face of the Enemy", which united expressive possibilities poster and easel painting, the triptych "Old Masters", illustrations for the collected works of Gogol and the works of Gorky, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Ilf and Petrov, as well as numerous posters of the war years. The latter include the “Museum of the Beaten”, “Plan for the Encirclement and Capture of Moscow”, “The Debt in Payment is Red”, as well as the paintings “Tanya”, “The Flight of the Germans from Novgorod”, “The End”.

Exhibitions and legacy of the Kukryniksy

In 1932, the first exhibition of the Kukryniksy was held, which was organized by Maxim Gorky. Political and everyday caricature, painting, book graphics. In 1952, a significant exhibition was held at the Academy of Arts of the USSR, at which the work of the Kukryniksy was widely and fully presented, as well as autonomous works of artists belonging to the association. In 2008, a retrospective exhibition of the Kukryniksy took place.

Cartoonists whose legacy is deeply rooted in history Soviet state, repeatedly received the highest state awards and awards. Their work is stored in major museums Russia.

The creative path of Mikhail Kupriyanov

Mikhail Kupriyanov was born in the small town of Tetyushi on the Volga. Since childhood, he loved to draw, studied in Tashkent at the Central Art Workshops, where he was sent on a youth permit. Behind special successes in his studies, he was sent to study in Moscow at VKhUTEMAS, where he became a member of the Kukryniksy.

Independent creative life Kupriyanov developed successfully, he realized himself as a painter. He loved the landscape genre. Today, his series of paintings with views of Leningrad, the Caspian Sea and the Moscow region are known.

Graduated from his life path in 1991.

Artist Porfiry Krylov

The second member of the Kukryniksy community is Porfiry in Tula. From childhood, he showed artistic abilities, studied at the art studio, then entered VKhUTEMAS. In addition to his activities in Kukryniksy, he worked a lot as a painter, painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes. His works are in the collections of many museums around the world. His house-museum was opened in Tula.

Porfiry Nikitich died in 1990.

Creative biography of Nikolai Sokolov

Muscovite Nikolai Sokolov studied at the art studio of Proletkult, after which he entered VKhUTEMAS and became the third member of the Kukryniksy. Sokolov took place as a talented painter. His favorite genre was the lyrical landscape. His works "Lermontov's Places", "Abramtsevo", "Evening on the Volga" and others are stored in best museums Russia.

Nikolai Sokolov died in 2000.

Cartoonist, graphic artist, painter

WITH okolov Nikolai Alexandrovich - Soviet graphic artist and painter, member of the creative group of Kukryniksy.

Born on July 8 (21), 1903 in the village of Tsaritsyno, since 1960 within the city of Moscow (Southern Administrative District) in a merchant family. Russian. He was the eldest of six children who lost their father's support early. Started working at the age of 14. In the spring of 1920, the Sokolov family moved to Rybinsk (now in the Yaroslavl region) to their mother's homeland. Here Nikolai Sokolov, working as a clerk in the Department of Water Transport, graduated from the second stage school. At the same time, he studied at the art studio of Proletkult and received his first professional skills in drawing and painting.

In the summer of 1923 he left for Moscow and entered the Higher Artistic and Technical Workshops (VHUTEMAS), the printing department. During the years of study, he became friends with Kupriyanov M.V. And Krylov P.N. Created in the mid-1920s, the creative union lasted more than 60 years, striking with its surprisingly fruitful creative longevity. The collective pseudonym Kukryniksy was composed of the first syllables of the surnames of Kupriyanov and Krylov, as well as the first syllable of the name and the first letter of the surname of Sokolov. Three artists worked by the method of collective creativity (each also worked individually - on portraits and landscapes).

The team is best known for its numerous skillfully executed caricatures and cartoons, as well as book illustrations created in a characteristic caricature style. Grotesque topical caricatures on topics of domestic and international life were landmark works for artists. Since 1933, the Kukryniksy have been permanent cartoonists for the Pravda newspaper, which made them the main conductors and propagandists (in a satirical form) of the official political line in the country.

During the Great Patriotic War, along with cartoons, a number of posters were released (among them - the very first poster after the German attack, “We will mercilessly defeat and destroy the enemy!”, June 1941 - with a caricature of Hitler) and satirical “TASS Windows”, completed more than a four-year epic in Nuremberg as correspondents for the newspaper Pravda.

At the same time, since the 1920s, the Kukryniksy also acted as illustrators, referring to works of literature with a deep understanding of the features of the era depicted and the language of the writer. The range of their creativity in this area is very wide - from sharp graphic grotesque to lyrical-pictorial images. Among the works illustrated by them: "12 Chairs" and "The Golden Calf", Ilf and Petrov, "Golovlevs" and other works by Saltykov-Shchedrin, "The Lady with the Dog" and other works by Chekhov, "The Life of Klim Samgin", "Foma Gordeev” and “Mother” by M. Gorky, “Don Quixote” by Cervantes.

In easel painting, the Kukryniksy also set themselves tasks of great political significance, creatively developing the traditions of Russian realistic art and sometimes using individual techniques of their satirical graphics. They turn to historical subjects, giving a significant place to the theme of the heroism of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War.

The team was awarded the Lenin Prize (1965), the Stalin Prize (1942, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951), the USSR State Prize (1975), the gold medal of the World Exhibition in Paris (1937) and Brussels (1958) and many other awards.

At Kazom of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 20, 1973 for outstanding services in the development of Soviet fine arts and in connection with the 70th anniversarySokolov Nikolai Alexandrovich awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor with the award of the Order of Lenin and the gold medal "Hammer and Sickle".

Nikolai Alexandrovich Sokolov continued to paint until the last days of his life and maintained an incredible clarity of mind. Sokolov was rightfully called a witness of the 20th century: he remembered to the smallest detail his meetings with Mayakovsky, Gorky, Ilf and Petrov, Shostakovich ... He was the oldest member of the Russian Academy of Arts (since 1947). By his 95th birthday, he managed to release the book Sketches from Memory. He died by an absurd accident: from a complication after surgery on a broken leg.

Passed away April 15, 2000. He was buried in Moscow, at the Novodevichy Cemetery, next to his fellow writers - Kupriyanov and Krylov (site 10).

Awarded two Orders of Lenin, Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree, Friendship of Peoples (1993), medals. People's Artist of the USSR (1958), Honorary Citizen of the city of Rybinsk (1985).

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Nikolai Sokolov was born in Moscow. He studied at the art studio of the Proletkult of Rybinsk (1920-1923) and at the Moscow VKHUTEMAS-VKHUTEIN (1923-1924) with N.N.Ku

Preyanov, P.V. Miturich. P.I. Lvova. From 1925 he worked in the creative team of Kukryniksy together with M.V. Kupriyanov and P.N. Krylov. Died in Moscow.
People's Artist of the USSR (1958), full member of the USSR Academy of Arts (since 1947), Hero of Socialist Labor (since 1973), laureate of the USSR State Prizes (1942, 1947, 1949. 1950, 1951, 1975), Lenin Prize (1965).
Painter, graphic artist. Co-author of sharply grotesque and topical cartoons on the topics of Soviet and international life, magazine and newspaper graphics, poster artist. How did the painter take part in the creation of thematic and plot pictures. Master book illustration(works by A.P. Chekhov, A.M. Gorky, N.S. Leskov, N.V. Gogol, M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, M.A. Sholokhov, etc.) Independently worked in the genre of landscape, portrait , still life, developing the traditions of Russian realistic art.
Presented in the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery and many other art collections in Russia, Ukraine, CIS countries.
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Nikolai Aleksandrovich Sokolov (July 8 (21), 1903, Tsaritsyno - April 17, 2000, Moscow) - Russian Soviet artist, graphic artist and painter. People's Artist of the USSR (1958).
Active member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR since 1947. Laureate of Lenin (1965), five Stalin (1942, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951) and the USSR State Prize (1975).
Nikolai Sokolov was born in the village of Tsaritsyno near Moscow.
After graduating from elementary school, Sokolov entered the Voskresensky Real School in Moscow. His classmate was Sergey Obraztsov.
He was one of the Kukryniksy, a creative team of Soviet graphic artists and painters, which, in addition to him, included full members of the Academy of Arts USSR, folk artists USSR, Heroes of Socialist Labor M. V. Kupriyanov (1903-1991), P. N. Krylov (1902-1990).
N. A. Sokolov died on April 17, 2000. He was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy Cemetery (site No. 10).

Awards and prizes
Hero of Socialist Labor (1973)
People's Artist of the USSR (1958)
Lenin Prize (1965) - for a series of political cartoons published in the Pravda newspaper and the Crocodile magazine
Stalin Prize, First Class (1942) - for a series of political posters and cartoons
Stalin Prize of the first degree (1947) - for illustrations to the works of A.P. Chekhov
Stalin Prize of the first degree (1949) - for the painting "The End" (1947-1948)
Stalin Prize of the second degree (1950) - for political cartoons and illustrations for the bookM. Gorky "Foma Gordeev"
Stalin Prize of the first degree (1951) - for a series of posters "War warmers" and other political cartoons, as well as illustrations for M. Gorky's novel "Mother"
State Prize of the USSR (1975) - for illustrations and design of the book by N. S. Leskov "Lefty"
State Prize of the RSFSR named after I. E. Repin (1982) - for the illustrations and design of the book by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a City"
Order of Lenin (1973)
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of Friendship of Peoples (1993)

Honorary citizen of Rybinsk (1985)
Notes
1. Decree of the President Russian Federation dated October 20, 1993 No. 1678 “On awarding the Order of Friendship of Peoples to N.A. Sokolov (Kukryniksy)"
Links
Sokolov, Nikolai Alexandrovich (artist) on the site "Heroes of the country"
Nezavisimaya Gazeta: In memory of Nikolai Aleksandrovich Sokolov
Davno.ru:Kukryniksy

In memory of Nikolai Aleksandrovich Sokolov
2000-04-18 / Valentin Rodionov, Oleg Ivanov Valentin Rodionov – CEO State Tretyakov Gallery;
Oleg Ivanov, member of the State Tretyakov Gallery.

The last of the “consubstantial Trinity”, from the unique creative team of the Kukryniksy, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Sokolov, passed away. He was the oldest member of the Russian Academy of Arts (since 1947), with dignity carried the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR, together with Mikhail Vasilyevich Kupriyanov and Porfiry Nikitich Krylov, he was awarded the Lenin and State Prizes. But, it seems, more expensive than many awards was the modest Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, which Kukryniksy was awarded for an unparalleled military-artistic watch that lasted all 1418 days of this global battle of the 20th century. On June 22, 1941, they created the famous poster “We will mercilessly defeat and destroy the enemy!” and completed a more than four-year epic in Nuremberg as correspondents for the newspaper Pravda.
The Kukryniksy were associated with this newspaper for decades common work. They participated in the activities of the pre-war mobile brigades; after the war, their graphic, satirical comments on international events of the Cold War era regularly appeared on the pages of the newspaper.
Satirical journalism is one of the facets creative heritage Kukryniksov. It is multidimensional, varied and sometimes unexpected. They created a cycle of monumental thematic canvases dedicated to the tragic events of the Great Patriotic War, a series of portraits of prominent military leaders and masters of culture, illustrated classical works Russian and world fiction, designed Mayakovsky's "Klop" at the Meyerhold Theater, were fond of puppet action, drew and sculpted caricatures that were brilliant in accuracy ... Their memoirs became a fascinating chronicle of artistic and social Russian life the outgoing century.
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The creative feat of the Kukryniksy will not be forgotten. At the initiative of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow government decided to install a memorial plaque on house #14/16 on Zemlyanoy Val Street in honor of the artists who worked together for more than 60 years. They lived in this building since 1938, next to Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak, who sharpened the Kukryniksy's brilliant drawings with his short but striking lines.

Kukryniksy
(pseudonym for the first syllables of surnames)
creative team of Soviet graphic artists and painters: Kupriyanov Mikhail Vasilyevich [b. 8 (21) 10.1903, Tetyushi, now the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic], Krylov Porfiry Nikitich [b. 9 (22) 8.1902, Shchelkunovo village, now Tula region], Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov [b. 8(21).7.1903, Moscow]. Studied at the Moscow Vkhutemas-Vkhutein (between 1921 and 1929). Active members of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1947), People's Artists of the USSR (1958). As satirical artists, K. took a leading place in Soviet art and gained worldwide fame. Working together since 1924, K. initially performed mainly caricatures on themes from literary life. The enormous possibilities of K.'s satirical talent were appreciated by M. Gorky, who, upon meeting with them (1931), advised him to embrace life more broadly, to draw on topics both within the country and abroad. Speaking since 1925 in newspapers and magazines (Pravda, Krokodil, etc.), K. worked out in close cooperation with journalists new type caricatures, marked by acute topicality, a devastatingly sarcastic solution to the topic, caricatured by the specificity of types (series: "Transport", ink, 1933-34; "On Rubbish", ink, gouache, etc., 1959-60). big role in patriotic education Soviet people were played by caricatures, posters, and “TASS Windows” created by K. during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45, combining murderous sarcasm and heroism in symbolically generalized images (“We will mercilessly defeat and destroy the enemy!”, 1941). The post-war satire of K., which castigates warmongers, enemies of peace and socialism (Waiting for War, Indian ink, 1953-57), also has considerable political power. For political cartoons and posters, K. was awarded the State Prize of the USSR (1942) and the Lenin Prize (1965). Since the beginning of the Commonwealth, K. has also been working hard on the caricature.
From the 20s. K. also act as illustrators, referring to works of literature with a deep understanding of the characteristics of the era depicted and the language of the writer. The range of their creativity in this area is very wide - from sharp graphic grotesque to lyrical picturesque images. Among the works illustrated by them: "12 Chairs" (ink, 1933 and 1967) and "The Golden Calf" (ink, colored watercolor, 1971) by Ilf and Petrov, "Lord Golovlyov" and other works by Saltykov-Shchedrin (ink, 1939), "Lady with a Dog" and other works by Chekhov (1940-46; State Prize of the USSR, 1947), "The Life of Klim Samgin" (1933), "Foma Gordeev" (1948-49; State Prize of the USSR, 1950) and "Mother" (1950; State Prize of the USSR, 1951) M. Gorky, "Don Quixote" by Cervantes (1949-52) - all black watercolor.
In easel painting, K. also set himself tasks of great political significance, creatively developing the traditions of Russian realistic art and sometimes using individual techniques of his satirical graphics. They turn to historical subjects (the "Old Masters" series, 1936-37, the Tretyakov Gallery), denounce fascism ["The Flight of the Fascists from Novgorod", 1944-46, the Russian Museum, Leningrad; "The End", 1947-48, State Prize of the USSR, 1949; "Prosecution (War criminals and their defenders at the Nuremberg Trials)", 1967; both are in the Tretyakov Gallery], giving a significant place to the theme of the heroism of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War (“Tanya”, 1942-47, Tretyakov Gallery). The working method of K. is unique: the craftsmen achieve a single, "Kukryniks" handwriting, combining personal talents in a collective creative process. They work individually as portrait and landscape painters. They were awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree and medals. In 1972 P. N. Krylov, and in 1973 N. A. Sokolov was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.

Newspaper archive » № 9 (186) dated 03/07/2012
Local history and history
Cross, 3.
"IN MY HOUSE NEAR THE GREAT RIVER"
On Krestovaya Street, every house is history. Today our newspaper begins to publish a series of articles about buildings on the main street of the city.

The house, located at Krestovaya, 3, was built in 1845. Then the building was two-story, with a mezzanine (upper mezzanine). The building was built by a native of the city of Yaroslavl, Rybinsk merchant Asaf Vasilyevich Serebryannikov.
In the 1870s, the house was bought by the merchant Pyotr Nikolaevich Rubtsov. He united houses No. 3 and 5 into a single building, over which he also erected a third floor. Therefore, it is no coincidence that at present there is no house number 5 on Krestovaya.
In the 1880s, new owners appeared near the house - the spouses Alexei Dmitrievich and Evgenia Dmitrievna Shemyakins. They were merchants and traded haberdashery goods.
The Shemyakins had three sons and four daughters. Therefore, in 1899, the Shemyakins made two three-story extensions to the house.
With house number 3 is associated with the name of the Hero socialist labor, People's Artist USSR, full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, multiple winner of the Lenin and Stalin (State) Prizes of the USSR, member of the creative community of Kukryniksy, honorary citizen of Rybinsk Nikolai Alexandrovich Sokolov (1903 - 2000).
ON THE. Sokolov was born in Moscow. His father was a Moscow merchant, whom the Rybinsk merchant's daughter Maria Alekseevna Shemyakina married. Kolya Sokolov's hobby began in Moscow fine arts. At the age of nine, he first came to Tretyakov Gallery. Struck by the art of the masters, he looked at Serov’s paintings, Surikov’s “The Execution of Streltsy”, Repin’s “They Didn’t Wait” and other masterpieces. It was a holiday!
But Moscow had to leave in the spring of 1920. Famine reigned in the capital. In addition, by this time, the father left the family. Maria Alekseevna decided to go home, to Rybinsk. Parents have allocated housing for their daughter with six children in their house No. 3 on Krestovaya Street so far. In 1923 the house was municipalized.

In 1988, when Nikolai Alexandrovich Sokolov was in the hospital and could not do what he loved, he composed a comic poem “Oh, you are a biography!”. About 1920, the poem says:
Relatives gave us two rooms
We did not expect such happiness!
In Rybinsk, seventeen-year-old Nikolai Sokolov went to work as a clerk in the Water Transport Administration. I studied at school in the evenings. Not far from my house I saw a sign: "Proletkult Art Studio":
I noticed somehow the studio, and in it
Fun, wonderful people.
Some paint, while others paint with oils ...
My dream to become an artist has not died out.
In the Studio of Fine Arts Proletkult taught wonderful artist Mikhail Mikhailovich Shcheglov. Nikolai painted views of the corner of his room and the courtyard in the house, showed M.M. Shcheglov, and was accepted into the studio.
The head of the artist's studio was Shcheglov.
Looking at my drawings, he suddenly said:
- I take it, go to work!
Decided life - an artist
I should be born in Rybinsk!
Half a century Kukrynisy worked together. The objects of their cartoons were characters from the White Guards to the "new Russians" of the early perestroika era. The texts under their satirical works were written by Demyan Bedny, Samuil Marshak, Sergey Mikhalkov. Kukryniksy illustrated the works of Ilf and Petrov, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Chekhov, A.N. Tolstoy, Gogol.
In addition to graphics, the Kukryniksy worked in painting and small sculpture. They created in china friendly cartoons the great directors Stanislavsky and Meyerhold, the great actors Moskvin and Kachalov, the great composer Prokofiev. In 1937, at the World Exhibition in Paris, these works of the Kukryniksy were awarded a gold medal.
During the Great Patriotic War, the Kukryniksy worked as correspondents for the Pravda newspaper and participated in the publication of the TASS Windows posters. The Kryniksy were invited to the signing of the act of capitulation of Germany and to the trial of fascist criminals in Nuremberg, so that the artists captured these historical events.
The tablecloth on the table, on which the act of surrender was signed, was then cut into squares and distributed to all those present. Your piece of tissue N.A. Sokolov donated to the Rybinsk Museum.

In 1920, Nikolai Sokolov went to Moscow to study at VKhUTEMAS (Higher Artistic and Technical Workshops). Vladimir Andreyevich Favorsky himself, the rector of VKHUTEMAS, liked his work at the drawing exam.
At VKhUTEMAS, Nikolai Sokolov met two students: Mikhail Kupriyanov and Porfiry Krylov. They have already created together and signed their works either Kukry or Krykup - according to the first letters of their surnames. ON THE. Sokolov recalled:
“I really got to know the Kukras only after I achieved the highest happiness: I received permission to move to a student hostel. One fine day, a tenant moved out of our room, designed for four, along with the bed. In the evening, Kupriyanov's head poked his head through the door:
- They say you have one free place. Right?
We hastily built a kind of bed out of stretchers and canvases, and Ku moved in with us. Began to visit us every day and Kry. Koo didn't have a mattress, instead a sack full of newspapers and old drawings. Periodically, we opened the bag, fluffed up the caked papers, after which it continued to play the role of a mattress for some time. In the process of one of these methods of “cheering up”, I recognized in the drawing that fell out of the bag one of my caricatures, which at one time had not been placed in the wall newspaper. They laughed at the fact that my work was not in vain.
Nix was added to the Kukrams, and the Kukryniksy, unsurpassed masters of caricature, arose.
Nikolai Alexandrovich all his long life maintained a close relationship with Rybinsk. He handed over a large number of works by the Kukryniksy and his own to the city museum.
Hometown Rybinsk should not be forgotten,
Though I rarely have to go there.
But in my house by the great river
Often there are my fellow countrymen.
Every time I rejoice at such a meeting,
It's like meeting my favorite river.
A.B. Kozlov, employee of the Rybinsk Museum-Reserve