Victor Tsigal
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Victor Efimovich Tsigal was born into a Jewish family in Odessa
in 1916.
He became a noted painter and produced a large body of work in the socialist realist
style.
Tsigal was commissioned to design the new Soviet Rouble bank note which was issued in 1961. He came up with a series of designs depicting scenes from Soviet daily life and Soviet industrial achievements.
Tsigal became an expert on the production and design of banknotes and travelled widely from the 1960s until the late 1980s giving the benefit of his expertise to Communist groups and organisations in a number of countries.
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
in 1916.
He became a noted painter and produced a large body of work in the socialist realist
Socialist realism
Socialist realism is a style of realistic art which was developed in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other communist countries. Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style having its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism...
style.
Tsigal was commissioned to design the new Soviet Rouble bank note which was issued in 1961. He came up with a series of designs depicting scenes from Soviet daily life and Soviet industrial achievements.
Tsigal became an expert on the production and design of banknotes and travelled widely from the 1960s until the late 1980s giving the benefit of his expertise to Communist groups and organisations in a number of countries.