Best illustrated books all over the world
Pyotr Ivanovich Bagin (born 1938) — graphic artist and book illustrator. Born and raised in Ufa, Bagin graduated from the Leningrad Art and Graphic College in 1958 and later from the animation department of the VGIK Art Faculty (All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography). For more than forty years, he has […]
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, […]
Mikhail Solomonovich Maiofis (born 1939) is a Russian artist and illustrator, known for his work in graphic arts, painting, and etching. He was born in Leningrad and graduated in 1963 from the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. Maiofis began illustrating books in the early 1960s and went […]
Andrei Gennadiev (born 1947, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian painter and graphic artist. He graduated from the Leningrad Art and Graphic Pedagogical College. After finishing his studies, he twice attempted to enter the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), but was not accepted due […]
Ilya Iosifovich Kabakov, a famous conceptual artist, was born in Dnepropetrovsk in 1933. During the war, he was evacuated to Samarkand, where he entered the school at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. After the war, he moved to Moscow, studied at the Moscow Printing Institute. He worked […]
Mara Daugaviete (born in 1955) is an artist and book illustrator. She grew up in a creative family — her parents were artists — and drew a lot since childhood, especially interested in theatrical art. She graduated from the art department of the Moscow Printing Institute and worked in book […]
Boris Pavlovich Zabirokhin (born in 1947) is a graphic artist, artist, and illustrator. He studied at the school at the Tavrichesky Art College, then graduated from the Leningrad Art and Industrial College named after Mukhina. He participated in the work of the Student Scientific Society, where he made his first […]
Anna Desnitskaya is an author and illustrator who has been nominated for a number of awards, including the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which is the world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature. Instagram | instagram.com/anyadesnitskaya Amazon | Anna Desnitskaya
Vladimir Nikolaevich Zuykov (1935-2021) — artist, illustrator. Graduated from the Potemkin Moscow Pedagogical Institute, then taught drawing at school, worked as an illustrator in magazines and newspapers; since 1968 he was a production designer at the Soyuzmultfilm studio. He took part in the creation of more than 30 animated films. […]
Vladimir Semenovich Lyubarov (born in 1944) is a Russian artist and graphic artist. He graduated from the Moscow Secondary Art School at the Surikov Institute, then the Department of Artistic Design of Printed Products at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute. He worked as a chief artist in the popular science magazine […]
Viktor Aleksandrovich Chizhikov (1935-2020) was a Soviet artist and illustrator. He graduated from the Moscow Polygraphic Institute in 1958. He worked in the children’s magazines Murzilka, Vesyolye Kartinki, the humorous publication Krokodil and other periodicals. For many years he worked as an illustrator in the popular magazine Vokrug Sveta. Since […]
Yana Sedova (1985) — artist, graphic artist, illustrator. Graduated from the Moscow Stroganov Academy of Art and Industry. The first book she illustrated — Eduard Verkin’s story “Friend April” — was published in 2010. Yana is an internationally known artist and illustrator. Her art and book illustrations have been exhibited […]
Petr Prokhorovich Aseyev (1919-2014) — artist, illustrator of children’s books. Born in the city of Uryupinsk. Since childhood, he loved fishing — at that time, the Khoper River was full of different fish, even sterlet. Sitting on the bank with a fishing rod became a lifelong hobby. Studied at the […]
Nadezhda Illarionova (1985) – artist, illustrator. Graduated from Moscow State University. S.G. Stroganova Instagram | instagram.com/fly_in_the_fog Website |
Elena Antimonova (1945-2002) — graphic artist, watercolourist, illustrator. She was born in Tbilisi, then moved to Latvia, where she studied painting at the Latvian Academy of Arts. Since 1969, she regularly exhibited her works; her personal exhibitions were held in Riga, Tartu, Poland, Venice. The artist designed and illustrated more […]
Elena Vasilievna Safonova (1902-1980) – Russian artist, book illustrator. Graduated from the painting department of VKhUTEIN, where she studied in the studio of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. From 1923, she illustrated books, mainly literature for children and adolescents. In total, she illustrated about 25 books. In 1928-1935, she collaborated with the magazines […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]