Ivanisky, Ivan Petrovvich (Иван Петрович Иваницкий)
Ivan Petrovvich Ivanisky (Иван Петрович Иваницкий; 1896 - 1970) was a Soviet graphic artist and pioneer in Soviet propaganda infographics. He was wounded in his right hand while serving in the Russian Imperial Army in the First World War and was forced to become left-handed for the rest of his life. After the war, Ivanisky moved to St. Petersburg (Leningrad) and worked at educational publishers, producing graphic content and games. He became strongly influenced by the 'Vienna Method of Pictorial Statistics' led by the Austrian Otto Neurath, publishing a book on the method in 1931. Ivanisky was an important figure in IZOSTAT (ИЗОСТАТ), the All-union Institute of Pictorial Statistics of Soviet Construction and Economy, founded in 1931, where he served as editor and implemented Neurath's methods to produce propaganda championing the policies of the First and Second Five-Year Plans. Though IZOSTAT closed down in 1940, by aligning closely with the Vienna Method, Ivanisky had influenced the direction of Soviet infographics and propaganda for years to come.
AKA: Иван Петрович Иваницкий
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