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- Graphic Artist Galina Konstantinovna Shubina, 1902
- Graphic Artist Raymond Savignac, 1907
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Galina Konstantinovna Shubina (Russian: Шубина, Галина Константиновна), 1902 - 1980, was a prominent Russian poster and graphics artist.
Galina Shubina was born in Voronezh in 1902. From the age of 13 she studied in the water color class at the local art school. After graduating from the Academy Galina moved to Moscow in 1929. The same year she becomes a member of the Artists' Union. Galina's husband Soslanbek Tavasiev was a famous sculptor and her daughter Galina Dmitrieva is a well known Moscow graphic artist.
She was particularly attracted by the art of Bakst. During her summer holidays she could spend long hours in her private "studio" - the garret of a big barn – drawing and modeling figures in red clay. She moved to Leningrad to study sculpture, but after two years in the faculty of sculpture at the Leningrad Academy of Arts, she transferred to the Academy's graphics faculty. Here she studied under the prominent artists Mitrokhin and Kruglikova specializing in posters. Other teachers were Konashevich, Radlov, Shillingovskii and Petrov - Vodkin. Thematically, her drawings of the 1920s and early 1930s revolve around the theater; the early works were inspired by Art Nouveau, and the later ones by the Russian avant garde. Her works are often characterized by a strong sense of melancholy, and a not very subtle eroticism.
After graduating from the Academy and moving to Moscow in the late 1920s, Galina began to work in the field of political posters and portraits. She drew inspiration in Deineka’s works. Her posters of the early 1930s and the prewar years are all bright and optimistic.
Raymond Savignac, often just abbreviated to "Savignac", was a French graphic artist famous for his commercial posters. He was born on November 6, 1907 in Paris, and died on October 29, 2002 in Trouville - sur - Mer (Calvados), aged 94. His work is distinguished by a humorous simplicity.
Self taught, he started designing posters under the direction of Cassandre, but met his greatest success with the poster for Yoplait yogurt, which featured the udders of a cow directly supplying the "milk yogurt" with milk.
Another famous poster was called "La Guerre des boutons" (War of Buttons).
A permanent display of his work may be found at the Montebello Museum in Trouville, where he spent his last years. There is also a beachfront walk dedicated to him. Many of his posters depicted the Norman seaside town. These works can be seen there. His murals can be seen also around town.
