Dmitry Stakhievich Moor (1883 - 1946)

Dmitry Stakhievich Moor

Dmitry Moor, born Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov (Russian: Дмитрий Стахиевич Орлов) was a Russian and Soviet artist of the 19th and 20th centuries. He is known as an illustrator and poster artist whose biography is closely connected with the Bolshevik movement. Moor is considered to be the founder of the Soviet agitational and political poster.

Dmitry Moor began his career as an illustrator-caricaturist, and before the revolution of 1917 he collaborated with Russian periodicals. Moor met the revolution as a graphic artist. He chose the path of an agitator artist, undertaking as one of the first to design propaganda trains. His posters became widely known. His favorite graphic device was a black-and-white ink drawing, emotionally intensified by sharp, usually red accents. His works were imbued with revolutionary romanticism and denounced the enemies of the Soviet state and the remnants of the capitalist system. During the war with Nazi Germany, Moor created posters denouncing the atrocities of the Nazis.

Moor also created posters for cinematographic films and combined creative activities with teaching, working, in particular, at the Moscow Surikov Art Institute.