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Viktor Deni was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1893. At 17 he had his first drawings published in the satirical journal Budilink. In 1913 he moved to St Petersburg where his work appeared in the journals Solntse Rossii, Vesna and Satirikon. Eventually Deni became art director of the humorous weekly Bich.

After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, Deni concentrated on producing posters in support of communism. Along with Dmitri Orlov, Deni became a leading poster artist. In 1921 Deni returned to political cartoons when he began work for Pravda, the Communist Party daily newspaper. Deni returned to designing political posters during the Second World War.

Viktor Deni died in 1946.