Vladimir Konashevich

The Tale of the Golden Cockerel

18 May, 2025 No Comments

The Tale of the Golden Cockerel illustrated by Vladimir Konashevich was published in 1949 and became one of the artist’s most celebrated interpretations of Alexander Pushkin’s fairy tales. Pushkin’s poem constantly shifts between satire, fantasy, and theatrical spectacle, and Konashevich follows this rhythm with remarkable ease. His illustrations balance elegance […]

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Vladimir Konashevich

16 May, 2025 No Comments

Vladimir Mikhailovich Konashevich (1888–1963) was a Russian artist and illustrator. Vladimir Konashevich was born in Novocherkassk; soon after his birth, the family moved to Moscow, and later, in 1897, when his father, a bank employee, quarreled with his superiors, they moved again, this time to Chernihiv. There Vladimir graduated from […]