Ivan Ivanov-Vano
| Ivan Ivanov-Vano | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ivan Petrovich Ivanov February 8, 1900 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 25, 1987 (aged 87) Moscow, USSR |
| Occupation | Animator, screenwriter, educator |
Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano (Russian: Ива́н Петро́вич Ивано́в-Вано́; 8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1900, Moscow – 25 March 1987, Moscow), born Ivanov, was a Soviet animation director, animator, screenwriter, educator, professor at VGIK. One of the pioneers of the Soviet animation school, sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation". People's Artist of the USSR (1985).
Ivan Petrovich Ivanov was born in the Manezhnaya Square district, at the time populated by students and poor people. His parents had a peasant background. His father was a shoemaker who arrived to Moscow from the Kaluga Governorate; soon he left the family. His mother was illiterate and couldn't give her son a proper education, thus he was raised in the family of his elder sister Evdokia Petrovna Spasskaya who was married to an artist and educator at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. As a result, Ivanov became interested in art early in his life and as a kid drew decorations for a puppet theater.
At the age of 14 he also entered the Moscow School of Painting. After the October Revolution it was reformed and turned into Vkhutemas (Higher Art and Technical Studios). He continued his studies and finally graduated from Vkhutemas in 1923. In a year he started working as an animator at the State Film Technicum. Together with his fellow students he created some of the first Soviet animated films using home-made tools. Their works were distinguished by cutout animation and unique art style influenced by constructivism.
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