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KUZNETSOV KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH (1895-1980)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Konstantin Kuznetsov (born May 3, 1895 in St. Petersburg – died March 9, 1980 in Los Angeles) was a Serbian comic book artist of Russian origin. He drew according to the scripts of Branko Vidich, Svetislav B. Lazich and Pavle Polyakov, but he also wrote the scripts for his own comic creations.
\nHe was one of the founders of modern comics in Serbia and Yugoslavia, one of the cartoonists gathered around the Belgrade Circle, an extraordinary comic school, which was world-famous. His original style made his achievements to be at the very top of Yugoslav and European comics. The most famous titles are: \u201e Countess Margo\u201c, \u201eBaron the Vampire\u201c, \u201e Knyaz Milosh\u201c (biography of Milosh Obrenovich), \u201e Sinbad the Sailor \u201c, \u201ePeter The Great\u201c (a comic about the ruler of the same name in Russia), and based on Pushkin’s works \u201eQueen of Spades\u201c, \u201e Fairy Tale of Tsar Saltan \u201c, \u201eThe Tale of the Golden Cockerel\u201c.
\nIn 1920, in the vortex of history, he was forced to flee to the south of Russia, and then further away from Russia \u2013 by some decision of destiny right up to us, in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He first arrived in Pancevo, where a Russian art school existed at the time, and from there he moved to Belgrade, where he worked as a cartoonist and book illustrator, and drew advertisements at the Mitic Department Store.<\/p>\n

His comic book experiment soon begins. In 1937, the youth newspaper Mika Mis published his first comic entitled \u201cMother\u201d which deals with a chosen period from our past. Probably due to the success of this comic, but also the author’s notable talent, Kuznetsov was hired to draw a series of realistic comics for this paper – \u201cThe Story of a Four-Legged Cat\u201d. From this comic, which expresses the author’s creativity in a wide range of genres, from historical and crime stories to those inspired by “One Thousand and One Nights”, he made twenty-five complete episodes and a shorter comic, and all of that until the beginning of World War II. In addition to this realistic comic, Kuznetsov draws three episodes with two cute monkeys \u201cBohemians\u201d, which were done in the style of Walt Disney. For \u201ePolitikin zabavnik\u201c he draws comics inspired by Russian history (\u201cPeter the Great\u201d) and fairy tales (\u201cThe Tale of the Golden Cockerel \u201d, \u201c Fairy Tale of Tsar Saltan \u201d by Pushkin), and for \u201eMali zabavnik\u201c which was published during the German occupation, he works with the theme of Pyotr Yershov\u2019s fairy tale \u201cThe Little Humpbacked Horse\u201d. At that time, he was drawing under the visible influence of the Russian illustrator Ivan Bilibin. During the war, he continued to work\u0431 mainly drawing war caricatures and posters (some of which were executed in the form of comics: “Story without words”, “Lie of the East” and “The warning”\u201d) but he returns to comics by the 1944.
\nKuznetsov\u2019s comics are, for today’s eye, drawn with surprisingly high quality and modern approach, leaving critics speechless. He is one of the few of our pre-war comic book authors who managed to establish himself outside the Kingdom of Yugoslavia; his works were published by French newspapers\u00a0 \u00a0(such as Gavroche, Jumbo, Le journal de Toto, Les grandes aventures and others).
\nAt the end of the war, Kuznetsov\u2019s personal tragedy of escaping is continued and at the end of 1944, he left Belgrade. \u00a0First he arrived in an Austrian camp, and two years later he was transferred to Germany, where he continued to actively draw \u2013 he did illustrations for magazine Ogni and caricatures in humorous magazine Petrushka. Until 1950, he immigrated to the United States, where he continued his artistic career as an illustrator and painter (watercolors published in the form of postcards and calendars, picture books, etc.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KUZNETSOV KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH (1895-1980)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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BOGATYR DOBRYNYA NIKITICH<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1924 year<\/p>\n

Signed\u00a0 in Cyrillic lower right: \u041a \u041a \u041a\u0443\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0446\u043e\u0432\u044a 1924.<\/p>\n

Gouache, tempera, watercolor, ink, graphite pencil and iron gall ink on paper<\/p>\n

52.3 \u0445 33.3 cm<\/p>\n

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A THANK-YOU LETTER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. and Mrs. Olga Nikola and Beba Tabakovich <\/em><\/p>\n

As a patron of \u201eRussian War Invalids\u201c and the representative of \u2026 the Committee \u201eRussian War Invalids\u201c, I thank you for your work and service, which you showed us at the concert on the 3rd of this month during the party \u201e<\/em>R<\/em>ussian Blind War Invalids and Merciful Sisters\u201c.<\/em><\/p>\n

We, the invalids and Russians, will always be happy to remember you with gratitude and we will never forget your friendly feelings, which you expressed to us in the most difficult moments of our lives, and we will always wish you health and happiness.<\/em><\/p>\n

God bless you!<\/em><\/p>\n

The trustee of Russian military invalids Sister Seraphima Patric<\/em><\/p>\n

Chairmanship of \u2026. Committee<\/em><\/p>\n

Cavalry General N. Baratov<\/em><\/p>\n

Subotica 1924 March 3rd <\/em><\/p>\n

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Nikola Tabakovich was born in Budapest and took the citizenship of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes of his own free will.\u00a0 He and his wife Olga Manoylovich had two daughters \u2013 Maria and Emilia. He has been acting mayor since September 2 1922 to April 23 1924.<\/p>\n

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NIKOLAI NIKOLAIEVICH BARATOV<\/em><\/p>\n

(January 20, 1865 Vladikavkaz, Tver Region \u2014 March 22 1932, Paris) \u2014 Russian cavalry general.
\nIn 1891, he graduated from the Nikolayev Academy of the General Staff in the first class. He was promoted to Yesaul for his achievements.
\nHe fought in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. He was also awarded the Golden Weapon (1905) for military merit. He was the Chief of Staff of the Consolidated Cavalry Corps (August 14, 1905 – March 17, 1906).
\nIn 1906, he was promoted to major general.
\nBaratov was seriously wounded in the terrorist attack in Tiflis, which led to the amputation of his leg. From 1920, Baratov was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the South Russian government, and after that, he immigrated to France. He is one of the organizers of the Union of Invalids. From 1920 until his death, he was the president of the Foreign Union of Russian invalids. Since 1927 – President of the Main Board of the Committee “For Russian Invalids” in Paris. In the period from 1931 to 1932, he was also the editor-in-chief of the newspaper \u201eRussian invalid\u201c. At the same time, since 1931, he has been the president of the Union of Caucasian Army.<\/p>\n

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