Best illustrated books all over the world
Jeanette Winter (born 1939) is an American writer and illustrator, best known for her children’s books. Jeanette Winter’s signature style, which draws heavily from folk art traditions, is easily recognizable; she uses bright, clean colors and fills flat, volume-less elements with them. Winter has had a prolific career working on […]
Valentyn Oleksandrovych Gordiychuk (1947) is a Ukrainian artist, graphic artist, and book illustrator. He graduated from the Kiev State Art Institute.
Oleg Vladimirovich Vasiliev (1931-2013) — artist, illustrator of children’s books. He was born in Moscow, graduated from the graphic department of the Moscow State Art Institute named after Surikov. Since the 60s of the last century, he has been designing children’s books for more than thirty years together with another […]
Eric Vladimirovich Bulatov (1933) — artist, illustrator, one of the founders of Sots Art. Born in Sverdlovsk; moved to Moscow, graduated from the Surikov Art Institute in 1958. Began working at the children’s publishing house “Detgiz” together with Kabakov and Oleg Vasiliev; in collaboration with the latter, illustrated many famous […]
Angela Barrett (born 1955) is an English illustrator who lives and works in London. After studying at Maidstone School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art, she went on to teach at the Cambridge College of Technology and Drawing and at the Chelsea College of Art. Barrett […]
Sydney Smith is a Canadian illustrator of children’s books. He is the 2024 recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for his “lasting contribution to children’s literature”. He earlier won the 2015 Governor General’s Award for English-language children’s illustration for Sidewalk Flowers, a wordless picture book which he illustrated with […]
Gennady Kalinovsky (1929-2006) was one of the most famous and prolific Soviet illustrators. The brilliant illustrator and graphic artist created a unique, bright world of children’s book illustrations. He was born in Stavropol, then moved with his family to Makhachkala, where he spent his childhood. Already then, in 1943, he […]
Dražen Jerabek is a contemporary Croatian author and illustrator of children’s books. He was born in 1966 in Zagreb, Croatia. He graduated from the School of Applied Arts, specializing in painting, then the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. Currently, he works at the School of Textiles, Design and Applied […]
Virginia Lee Burton (1909-1968) was an American author and illustrator of children’s books. She was born into a family of a dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a poetess; Virginia’s love for literature manifested itself in early childhood. When she was 8 years old, her family moved to […]
Alois Carigiet (1902-1985) was a Swiss artist, stage designer, decorator, book illustrator, and the first winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Prize. Alois Carigiet was born in the Swiss town of Trun, into a large farming family — he was the seventh of eleven children. He lived on a farm […]
Konrad Ernst Theophil Kreidolf (9 February 1863 – 12 August 1956) was a Swiss artist and children’s book illustrator. He was born in Bern, Switzerland, into a trader’s family. The family moved to Konstanz, Germany, where his father opened a toy shop. However, Ernst was largely raised by his grandparents […]
Brian Wildsmith (1930-2016) was an English artist and book illustrator. He earned a reputation as one of the most colourful and original children’s artists of his time. Along with Quentin Blake and John Burningham, he influenced a generation of illustrators and publishers of the 1960s, when the technical capabilities of […]
Maurice (Mooris) Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (1862-1949) was a Belgian writer, playwright and philosopher; winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. He was born in Ghent, into a notary’s family; he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghent. Maeterlinck’s first poem was published in […]
Irina Ivanovna Kazakova (born on August 28th, 1935) is an artist and book illustrator. She graduated from the graphic department of the Russian Academy of Arts, where she studied under Mikhail Afanasievich Taranov. “I entered the Academy of Arts. I learned not only from wonderful teachers, but also from my […]
Roger Duvoisin (August 28, 1900 – June 30, 1980) was an American writer and illustrator of Swiss origin, best known for his children’s picture books. Roger Duvoisin was born in Geneva. He studied at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He began his career as a decorator […]
Gennady Pavlishin is a well-known artist from Khabarovsk. Since his student days, he has been deeply interested in the distinctive culture of indigenous peoples. His first illustrated book was the Nanai fairy tale “Mergen and His Friends”, and soon after he created a series of illustrations for D. Nagishkin’s collection […]
Pauli Ebner (1873-1949) was an Austrian illustrator. She received her art education at the private Viennese school Strehblow. In 1912, she was accepted into the Association of Austrian Artists. She illustrated many children’s books and postcards. She especially often used themes involving small children and family holidays. She signed her […]