Best illustrated books all over the world
Mauri Tapio Kunnas (1950) is a Finnish writer, comic artist, and illustrator of children’s books. He graduated from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. Kunnas is best known for his large body of self-illustrated children’s books. His first illustrated children’s book, The Book of Finnish Elves, was published […]
John Alcorn (1935–1992) was an American artist and designer, as well as a children’s book illustrator. John Alcorn was known for his original and vibrant solutions in commercial design. He created advertising materials, packaging, title sequences for several Federico Fellini films, and designed numerous book covers. His works were featured […]
Evgeny Mikhailovich Rachev (1906–1997) was an artist and book illustrator. He was born in Tomsk and spent his childhood in a village with his grandmother. In 1920, he traveled on his own to Novorossiysk to join his mother, worked in the port, studied at a maritime vocational school, and later […]
Svetozar Aleksandrovich Ostrov (1941–2024) was an artist, graphic designer, and illustrator. He was born in Leningrad into a family of artists. He began drawing at the age of five. He studied at the Leningrad Secondary Art School and later graduated from the Faculty of Graphics of the I. E. Repin […]
Iwona Chmielewska (born 1960) is a Polish illustrator and author. Iwona Chmielewska studied graphic design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, where she now lives, works, and teaches courses related to the author’s book and creative writing. She has become especially sought-after in […]