Alexander Nikolayevich Azemsha (1950–2014) was a well-known Russian artist and illustrator. In 1975, he graduated from the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. From 1978 to 1988 he served as the chief artist of the youth magazine Koster (“The Campfire”).
Azemsha designed and illustrated over one hundred books, many of which received awards at book-art competitions, including a Diploma from the World Exhibition EXPO-1967 in Montreal.
Since 1967 he had regularly taken part in All-Union, Russian and international exhibitions, including those held in Germany, Canada and Estonia. He worked in easel and book graphics, as well as in painting on wood and Mettlach tiles.
The artist’s works are held in the Russian National Library, the Memorial Museum-Estate of Ivan Turgenev in Spasskoye-Lutovinovo, and in museums and private collections in Russia, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, France and other countries.
The book The Little Hunter Tagikak brings together three Eskimo folk tales retold by G. Snegiryov and V. Glotser: The Little Sorceress, The Wooden Dish, and The Little Hunter Tagikak. The title story tells of two generations of sea hunters — a father and a son, both named Tagikak. The […]
