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Symeon Shimin
Russian born American artist and illustrator
Symeon Shimin (1902 in Astrakhan, Russia-1984 in New York City) was a Russian born American artist and illustrator of Russian Jewish descent.
He was principally known as an artist of Hollywood Film Posters and as an award-winning illustrator of 57 children's books including two that he authored himself, I wish there were two of me[1] and A special birthday.[2] His fine art, developed throughout his life, includes the highly acclaimed mural Contemporary Justice and The Child created in 1936,[3] that took four years to complete.
Other notable work includes the painting The Pack that he completed in 1959.[4]
Life
Shimin[5] was born in Astrakhan, Russia, on the Caspian Sea, in 1902.[6] In 1912 his Jewish family immigrated to the United States, settling in Brooklyn, N.Y.
They opened a delicatessen and lived in two small rooms behind their shop.[7&#