Boris Artzybasheff [SEP] place of birth
Boris Artzybasheff
Boris Artzybasheff (, 25 May 1899, Kharkov, Russian Empire — 16 July 1965) was an American illustrator of Russian origin active in the United States, notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs.
Life and career.
Artzybasheff was born in Kharkov, son of the author Mikhail Artsybashev. He is said to have fought as a White Russian. During 1919 he arrived in New York City, where he worked in an engraving shop.
His earliest work appeared in 1922 as illustrations for
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Works Translations.
- "The life of Lazarillo de Tormes and his fortunes and adversities, done out of the Castilian from R. Foulché-Delbosc's restitution of the editio princeps". New York: M. Kennerley (1917)
- "Caesar or Nothing", by Pío Baroja. (1919)
- "The Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Florentine by Birth but Not in Conduct". (1934–1940). Illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff.
References.
External links.
- Open Library
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