Koroleff, Paul
Paul Koroleff (1896 - 1992) was a Russian-Lebanese artist. Born in St. Petersburg, Koroleff studied in Russia and worked as a designer and draftsman for a printing firm. He served in the Russian Army during World War I and fled Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution because his father was a general in the Czarist army. He spent the next few years in various European capitals before arriving in Beirut on January 6, 1929. After arriving in Beirut he found a job working as an illustrator for the Prime Minister's office. Over the course of his career, Koroleff designed numerous iconic Lebanese postage stamps and bank notes, along with lottery cards and Lebanese coins. He also designed postage stamps for Jordan, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates.
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