Best illustrated books all over the world
Anthony Browne (born 1946) is a British writer and illustrator of children’s books. Anthony Browne was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire. His parents ran a small pub, where Anthony and his older brother Michael actually grew up. Anthony became interested in drawing at an early age. In 1967, he graduated from […]
Matthew Cordell is an American author and illustrator. He has illustrated many books for children including works of poetry, novels, and picture books including The Only Fish in the Sea by Philip C. Stead and the Justin Case series by Rachel Vail. He has written and illustrated several picture books […]
Oleg Korovin (1915–2002) — Artist, graphic designer, and illustrator. Born in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Korovin studied at the Perm Art School before beginning his career in illustration. After serving in the war, he returned to civilian life and focused on book illustration, working with publishing houses first in Sverdlovsk and later […]
Svetlana Davydovna Kim is a Soviet artist and illustrator. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 1977. Svetlana Kim was born in Chernivtsi on September 10, 1947. From 1965 to 1969 she studied at the clothing design department at the Vyzhnytsia College of Applied Arts. After graduating […]
Andrea Antinori (born 1992) is an Italian illustrator from Recanati, now based in Bologna. He studied graphic design and illustration at the ISIA in Urbino and at the Escola Massana in Barcelona, and since 2013 has been creating books for both Italian and international publishers. Antinori has illustrated books such […]
Berta Hoerner Hader (1890-1976) and Elmer Stanley Hader (1889-1973) were an American couple who illustrated more than seventy children’s books together, about half of which they wrote. They won the 1948 Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow, and were two Caldecott Award winners (in 1940 for Cock-a-doodle-doo and in 1944 […]
Berta Hoerner Hader (1890-1976) and Elmer Stanley Hader (1889-1973) were an American couple who illustrated more than seventy children’s books together, about half of which they wrote. They won the 1948 Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow, and were two Caldecott Award winners (in 1940 for Cock-a-doodle-doo and in 1944 […]
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 […]