Kuzkovsky Iosif Veniaminovich (1902, Mogilev – 1970, Petah Tikva, Israel) — painter, film artist, and graphic artist.

Iosif Kuzkovsky is the son of Veniamin Kuzkovsky (1872, Chernigov region – 1942) and Kuzkovskaya Ella (1876, Chernigov region – 1903). He completed nine years of secondary school.

From 1916 to 1919, he worked as a sign painter in the workshops of Khaysman (Konotop) and Grinberg (Kyiv). He briefly attended a cheder and later worked as a sign painter. In 1918, he volunteered for the Red Army. After demobilization, he lived in Kyiv and studied at the Art Institute (1927–1929), working as an artist in film and film advertising.

During 1941–1945, he lived in Uzbekistan, where he created paintings on local themes (Farhadstroy, The Teahouse Keeper, and others). Toward the end of World War II, he produced a series of sketches depicting the mass extermination of Jews by the Nazis (The Aktion, The Execution, etc.) and a composition about the tragedy of Babi Yar titled On the Last Journey (1945–1948).

In 1945, Kuzkovsky moved to Riga and worked as an artist at Latgosizdat until 1964. He was awarded the Medal “For Distinguished Labor.” Since 1964, he lived as a pensioner.

In Riga, where he created linocuts on Jewish themes (Hava Nagila, We Will Live!). After the Six-Day War, he produced the pastel David and Goliath and the linocut The Transistor (both 1967).

From late 1969, he lived in Israel, where he created the pastel Simchat Torah in Kfar Chabad, the popular poster Let My People Go!, and the painting On the Last Journey, which is permanently displayed in the Knesset building.

Married to Olga Davydovna Kuzkovskaya (née Kaufman) (1907, village of Gogolev, Kyiv region).