Victor S. Klimashin

In 1928-1931 V. Klimashin studied at the Saratov Art College under the tutelage of B.V. Milovidov and A.A. Sapozhnikov. He made his residence in Moscow. He was a member of the Saratov City Department of the Junior Mmembers' Organization of the Association of the Revolution  Artists (OMAKhR). Since 1930 he participated in various exhibitions. In 1943-1945 V. Klimashin worked as a painter at the Grekov's Studio. He created a great many political and commercial posters. From 1937 he worked on "The Smena" and "The Vokrug Sveta" magazines as illustrator and graphic designer. Since 1940s he is the Art-Editor-in-Chief of  "The Oronyok" Magazine. As an illustrator and book artist he collaborated with "The Molodaya Gwardiya" Publishing House. His was the authoring of the architectural design of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Industrial Exhibition in Bombay in 1952 (he was also Art-Director-in-Chief of the project); at "The USSR Exhibition of the Achievements in Economical and Cultural Construction" in Peking in 1954 he occupied the same position. V. Klimashin's works were demonstrated at the following international exhibitions: in Czechoslovakia (1936), in Poland (1946); in Austria (1948), in Finland (1950), in China (1954, 1955, 1958), in Hungary and Romania (1974), in England (1978). Klimashin's works are in the State Tretyakov Art Gallery, in the Central Museum of Armed Forces, the State Museum of Fine Arts, in the Kursk Provincial Picture Gallery, in the Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts, etc.