Gennady Pavlishin is a famous Khabarovsk artist. Since his student days, he has been seriously interested in the unique culture of indigenous peoples. His first illustrated book was the Nanai fairy tale “Mergen and His Friends”, and soon after that he created a series of illustrations for the book of fairy tales by D. Nagishkin “Amur Tales”, which brought the artist worldwide fame. Almost all of his books reflect the history, ethnography, and nature of the Far East – the expressive world of this region is presented in “Taiga Springs”, “Fiery Leaves”, “Silver Cup”, and other stories illustrated by Pavlishin. And in his native Khabarovsk, in the regional conference hall, the artist created a huge mosaic panel of more than 12 square meters, a poem in stone about the Amur region.
Pavlishin was awarded the title of People’s Artist of the RSFSR, he is a laureate of many international competitions, the N.K. Krupskaya State Prize, was awarded the international prize in Bratislava “Golden Apple” and the gold medal of the competition in Leipzig.
