Best illustrated books all over the world
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]