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[[File:Yuri Annenkov (self-portrait, 1910 GRM).jpg|thumb|200px|Self-portrait, 1910]]
[[File:Annenkov-sherling.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of photographer M.A. Sherling, 1918]]

'''Yury Pavlovich Annenkov''' ({{lang-ru|Юрий Павлович Анненков}} also known as '''Georges Annenkov'''); {{OldStyleDate|23 July|1889|11 July 1889}} in [[Petropavl]]ovsk, [[Akmolinsk Oblast (Russian Empire)|Akmolinsk Oblast]], [[Russian Empire]] – 12 July 1974 in [[Paris]], [[France]]),<ref>Names by which he is credited for his work on films include ''Georges Annenkov'', ''Georges Annet'', and ''D'Annenkoff''. Sometimes he signed his work ''G. Annenkoff.'' [http://www.shareholder.com/bid/news/20021112-95036.cfm] [http://mymovies.imdb.com/name/nm0030333/] {{cite web|url=http://www.elithographs.com/images/vol_0932.jpg |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 17, 2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929022015/http://www.elithographs.com/images/vol_0932.jpg |archivedate=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> was a Russian artist mostly known for his book illustrations and portraits. He also worked for theatre and cinema (design). A member of [[Mir Iskusstva]].

In his essay "On [[Synthetism]]" (1922), [[Yevgeny Zamyatin]] writes that "[Annenkov] has a keen awareness of the extraordinary rush and dynamism of our epoch. His sense of time is developed to the hundredth of a second. He has the knack--characteristic of Synthetism--of giving only the synthetic essence of things."

Yury Annenkov was born into a well-known family (among his ancestors was [[Pavel Annenkov]], [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s publisher); his father, Pavel Annenkov was involved with revolutionary activities that led him to exile in [[Siberia]]. The Annenkovs moved back to [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] in 1892.

In 1908, Annenkov entered the [[University of St. Petersburg]] and attended Savely Seidenberg's studio classes, together with [[Marc Chagall]]. Next year, 1909, he attended [[Jan Ciągliński]]'s studio. In 1911-1912, Annenkov moved to Paris to work in the studios of [[Maurice Denis]] and [[Félix Vallotton]]. In 1913, Annenkov worked in Switzerland. Upon his return to St. Petersburg in 1914, Annenkov mostly contributed to magazines (''Satirikon'', ''Teatr i Iskusstvo'', ''Otechestvo'') and worked for theatres.

[[Maxim Gorky]]'s fairy-tale book, ''Samovar'', published in 1917 was his first work as a book designer. His recognition as a book illustrator came in the wake of his most known work — designing [[Alexander Blok]]'s poem, [[The Twelve]], published in 1918 and gone through three printings within a year. In the next few years Annenkov designed numerous books for [[Petrograd]] authors ([[Mikhail Kuzmin]] and [[Aleksey Remizov]], to name a few). In 1919 Annenkov designed and staged "First Distiller, or How an Imp Earned a Hunk of Bread", a comedy by Count [[Lev Tolstoi]].

Commissioned by the Bolshevik government, Annenkov together with [[Mstislav Dobuzhinsky]], S. Maslovski and A. Kugel, designed and staged the open-air mystery "Liberated Labour Anthem" on 1 May 1920 in [[Petrograd]]. Later that year, Annenkov staged and designed another mass show, [[The Storming of the Winter Palace]], part of the [[October Revolution]] anniversary celebrations in [[Palace Square]], Petrograd. In 1919-1920 Annenkov made a series of abstract sculptural assemblages and collages, influenced by the [[Dada]] movement.

1922 saw his book "Portraits". It contained 80 pictures of the key-figures of Russian art of the time ([[Maxim Gorki|Gorki]], [[Yevgeny Zamyatin|Zamyatin]], [[Remizov]], [[Fyodor Sologub|Sologub]], [[Alexander Blok|Blok]], [[Akhmatova]] a.o.) made in 1906-1921. The book also included essays by [[Yevgeny Zamyatin]] and [[Mikhail Kuzmin]]. He joined the [[Mir Iskusstva]].

Annenkov left Russia in July 1924, first living in Germany and later settling in Paris.
He continued to work as an artist and served as a costume designer for motion pictures. He was co-nominated with [[Rosine Delamare]] for the [[Academy Award for Costume Design]] for their work in the film ''[[The Earrings of Madame de...]]'' (1953).

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0030333}}
* {{Find a Grave|75716312}}

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