Mikhail
Kupriyanov, Porfiry Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov were all students of
the famous Russian artist, Dmitri Orlov.
In 1924 they established their own studio in Moscow. It was decided
to sign their work Kukryniksy (an anagram of parts of their names).
In the 1920s the men concentrated on book illustration and literary
caricature. However from 1933 they switched to political cartoons
and these appeared regularly in the journals, Pravada
and Krokodil. During the Second
World War the group concentrated on producing propaganda posters.
All three men worked individually and their landscapes and portraits
have been exhibited in all the major Russian art galleries.
Kukryniksy,
The Big Three will tie the enemy in knots (1942)
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