Marc Taraskoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marc Taraskoff

French artist

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1955

Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 02-Mar-2015

Profession: illustrator, postage stamp designer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Marc Taraskoff (born Marc Fleischer 25 December 1955 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, died 2 March 2015 in Brussels, Belgium) was a French illustrator since the late 1970s and a stamp designer since 1996. Taraskoff has drawn lots of book covers, such as the pocket edition of Tales of the City at 10/18 edition.
He drew portraits of personalities for Le Monde paper. In 1996, Taraskoff began designing postage stamps for Metropolitan France and French overseas departments and territories.
In March 2005, he was named art advisor to the Philatelic Commission of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and as such, helped the local administration in creating its stamps and linking the local artists with the Imprimerie des timbres-poste et valeurs fiduciaires (ITVF, public printer of postage and revenue stamps).