SOLOV'YEV MIKHAIL MIKHAILOVICH (1905-1990) - Soviet graphic artist, painter, poster-artist. The most famous was in a master of social and political posters. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1933). Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Was born, studied and worked in Moscow. In 1930 graduated from the Higher Courses AChRs, where he studied under I. I. Mashkov, Pyotr Sokolov-Scalia. Began his artistic career as a painter. Subsequently he deals exclusively with posters on a variety of topics: from farm dedicated to domestic and foreign policy, aviation, election campaigning and advertising.

During the war,  continued to engage in propaganda art, executed several stencil posters "TASS Windows" ("The sign of love of folk" number 578 and others). After the war, worked in the genre of social and political posters. Collaborated with publishers "Plakat", "Fine Arts", "Izogiz", "Agitplakat." The constant participant of international, Union and regional art exhibitions.

Many posters of Mikhail Solov'yev were made in the best classical traditions of Stalinist Socialist Realism, direct perception of the artist's different threads its ease of interpretation and choice of subject, composition and equipment.

Posters and pictures of Mikhail Solov'yev are in the collections of the Russian State Library, the National Library, the Museum of Border Troops of the Soviet Union, the Scientific Library of Tomsk State University, private Russian and foreign collections.