Famous illustrators. Illustrations for children's books: a treasure trove of names

BLOG AUTHOR: a fairy tale in the life of every person is a very important part of life. Anyone who did not read fairy tales in childhood did not know the feeling of complete happiness and harmony within and around himself. It would seem that we remember from early childhood the authors of wonderful fairy tales who helped us grow, instilled the best moral qualities and a sense of the high aesthetics of the world into which we only entered. But sometimes we didn’t know the illustrators - who they were, what their names were, when they lived, what era brought up these wonderful artists. Well, maybe we knew Bilibin, the illustrator, because our parents, grandparents, who grew up on wonderful books, for example, "Pushkin's Tales" with illustrations by this brilliant artist, knew Bilibin.
And here, the illustrator Boris Alexandrovich Dekhterev - few people mentioned or knew, except for families where someone was familiar with the subject of art history (Fine Arts and Architecture), but, nevertheless, they tried to give books with his illustrations to their offspring, especially "born with a pencil in hand" and famously scribbling walls, magazines, books, draft dissertations or other works of parents and older brothers and sisters - there is such a malicious infant tribe. If this tribe, which grew up on Bilibin, Degtyarev, Suteev, growing up did not part with a pencil, it itself began to look for and buy books illustrated by favorite authors, "so that they are always with me, then it seems that the world is in its place." And all this happened in the "prehistoric era WITHOUT INTERNET".

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin. Illustrations for "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"

And so, the Internet appeared. It would seem - what a blessing! But no, no matter how you slip it on the infant tribe, which is also famously drawing everything in a row, but now not with harmless pencils, but with felt-tip pens and some other rubbish in the form of markers - your still favorite
books with fairy tales and pictures - the infant tribe equally deduces, at best, something in imitation of Walt Disney and, basically, something in imitation of Japanese cartoons, so scary that even an adult with strong nerves becomes restless at a cursory glance on the computer display in which these cartoons are viewed by babies.

Suteev Vladimir Grigorievich Tales and pictures.
In one of the posts I posted a story about illustrations for fairy tales, called "VINTAGE ILLUSTRATIONS FOR FAIRY TALES" - something like this. This wonderful post inspired me to tell about my favorite fairy tales with my favorite pictures, the love for which has been carried through a lifetime by more than one generation of people who lived in the USSR and, later, in the Russian Federation. Today the story will be about the Soviet illustrator of children's literature, an outstanding graphic artist, Boris Aleksandrovich Degtyarev.

Illustrator Boris Alexandrovich Dekhterev

Boris Alexandrovich Dekhterev (1908-1993), Soviet graphic artist, illustrator. People's Artist of the RSFSR. Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the second degree (1947).
B. A. Dekhterev was born on May 31 (June 13), 1908 in Kaluga. In 1925-1926 he studied at the studio of D. N. Kardovsky, in 1926-1930 at the painting department of VKHUTEIN. He worked in the publishing house "Children's Literature" (for 32 years since 1945) as the main artist. In 1935-1937, he was an assistant to Professor A. I. Kravchenko at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, since 1948 he was the head of the graphics department at the V. I. Surikov Moscow State Art Institute. It can be said that the "School of Dekhterev" determined the development of the country's book graphics. Corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. He worked mainly in the technique of pencil drawing and watercolor.

B. A. Dekhterev was one of the first graphic artists who turned to illustrating books on the topics of modern life. He illustrated and designed the books of M. Gorky, I. S. Turgenev, M. Yu. Lermontov, A. P. Gaidar, V. Shakespeare, the tales of A. S. Pushkin (“The Tale of Tsar Saltan”, “The Tale of the Fisherman and Rybke", 1951), Ch. Perrot ("Puss in Boots") and others, fairy tales "Boy-with-finger", "Thumbelina", "Cinderella", "Little Red Riding Hood" (1949), "Blue Bird" M Maeterlinck, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by G. Beecher Stowe, "Cement" by F. V. Gladkov, "How the Steel Was Tempered" by N. A. Ostrovsky. He also created a series of drawings on the themes of the history of the CPSU and drawings for books dedicated to the life of Soviet leaders: “Meetings with Comrade Stalin” by G.F. Baidukov (1938), “Childhood and school years of Ilyich” by A.I. T. Kononova and others.
B. A. Dekhterev died in 1993.

They gave us a fairy tale! The illustrators who brought our favorite characters to life. A guide to books, style, techniques and life stories.

Ivan Bilibin

Master of graphics, creator of a special type of illustrated book, "the first professional book" - as he is called by experts. His example is science to others; many generations of not only illustrators, but also graphic designers have sought inspiration in Bilibin's work.

"The Frog Princess", "Vasilisa the Beautiful", "Marya Morevna", "The Tale of Tsar Saltan", "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel", "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" - you should find your favorite books from childhood on the shelf to make sure - the beauty!

Style. You can recognize Bilibin's work from a large format thin notebook book with large color drawings. And the artist here is not just the author of the drawings, but also of all the decorative elements of the book - covers, initials, fonts and ornamental decorations.

Elena Polenova

The museum-reserve "Abramtsevo" still keeps books illustrated by Elena Polenova. The sister of the famous painter Vasily Polenov, although she was associated with the bohemian "mammoth circle" - artists, artists, architects, was always interested in folk, peasant. She was inspired by fairy tales, in her letters to friends folklore heroes are mentioned, for example: grandmother Fedosya is a master of inventing funny stories.

Style: The main thing in Polenova's landscapes is attention to "little things": herbs, flowers, mushrooms, insects. She tried "to go back to that distant childhood, when, listening to this story, I imagined miniature monasteries and cities in the forest, built, so to speak, on a mushroom scale, in which these amazing creatures live and act."

Yuri Vasnetsov

"The Stolen Sun" by Korney Chukovsky, "Cat's House" by Samuil Marshak, "Humpbacked Horse" by Pyotr Ershov - we present the heroes of all these books thanks to the drawings of Yuri Vasnetsov .

Style: The artist was inspired by elegant Dymkovo dolls and bright roosters, the traditions of popular prints and folk fantasy had a noticeable influence on the illustrator's work.

Detail: Book graphics were only a part of Vasnetsov's work. In paintings, he proved himself to be a very great master, combining folk culture and high aesthetics.

Vladimir Konashevich

Vladimir Konashevich gave us the opportunity to see Dr. Aibolit, Tyanitolkay, little Bibigon, the Little Humpbacked Horse and the wise men who sailed across the sea in a thunderstorm. Talking about how he comes up with drawings, Konashevich admitted: “There are artists who invent and think with a pencil in their hand ... I am an artist of a different warehouse. every detail..."

Style: For an artist working with children's books, one talent is not enough to draw, a second one is needed - kindness. The world of Konashevich is just such a world of kindness and dreams. The artist created a recognizable style in the design of fairy tales: bright images, ornate patterns, vignettes, a "live" composition that captivates not only children, but also adults.

Georgy Narbut

“From an early age, as far as I can remember,” Georgy Narbut admitted, “I was attracted to painting. In the absence of paints, which I had not seen until I got to the gymnasium, and pencils, I used colored paper: I cut it out with scissors and glued it with flour glue.”

The artist, draftsman and illustrator, organizer of higher graphic education in Ukraine, Georgy Narbut, studied with Mikhail Dobuzhinsky and Ivan Bilibin, the latter even said: "Narbut is a huge, truly immense talent ... I consider him the most outstanding, the largest of the Russian graphic artists."

Style. In the workshop of Narbut, brilliant ideas were born and masterpieces were created that changed the history of the book in Russia. Book graphics is not just a virtuoso technicality and refinement of taste. Narbut's style is always an expressive cover, a decoratively designed title page, initial letters and skillful illustrations.

Boris Zworykin

The artist deliberately avoided excessive publicity, which is why the facts about her biography are so scarce. It is known that he came from the Moscow merchant class and studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

Zvorykin is considered the founder of the "Russian style" in book illustration and the best ornamental graphic artist of the early 20th century. Since 1898, he illustrated and designed books for the Moscow and St. Petersburg publishing houses of Ivan Sytin and Anatoly Mamontov. The first experience of the artist in the field of children's books was the book "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel" by Alexander Pushkin.

Style. Boris Zworykin looked for inspiration for his works in Russian antiquity, arts and crafts, icon painting, wooden architecture and book miniatures. No wonder he was one of the active members of the Society for the Revival of Artistic Russia.

Boris Diodorov

Boris Diodorov "revived" for us the heroes of Russian and foreign classics. "Tutta Karlsson the First and Only," Ludwig the Fourteenth and others", "Nils' Amazing Journey with Wild Geese", "The Case in the Hat" (about the history of headwear in Russia together with Irina Konchalovskaya) - you can't list them all: the artist illustrated about 300 books.

Diodorov worked as the chief artist of the Children's Literature publishing house, received the gold medal of G. H. Andersen from the hands of the Princess of Denmark, his works were exhibited in the USA, France, Spain, Finland, Japan, and South Korea.

Style: the beauty of thin lines. The etching technique, in which a drawing is scratched on a varnished metal plate with a steel needle, is quite complicated, but only it allows you to achieve airiness and subtlety in execution.

1.3 Famous illustrators

An illustration is not just an addition to the text, but a work of art of its time. Children's book illustration serves many purposes. It embodies fantasies, revives memories, helps to participate in adventures, develops the mind, heart and soul of a child. A great responsibility in this noble cause falls on the shoulders of the illustrator. I would like to recall famous domestic and foreign illustrators who have made a significant contribution to the art of children's book illustration.

The illustrator of the Russian fairy tale was the remarkable artist Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (1876-1942). He gained fame as one of the most original and original masters of graphics, the creator of a special type of illustrated book. This is a large format thin book-notebook, equipped with large color drawings. The artist here was not only the author of the drawings, but also of all the decorative elements of the book - the cover, initials, a special type of font and ornamental decorations. In 1901-1903, Bilibin created illustrations for the fairy tales "The Frog Princess", "Vasilisa the Beautiful", "Maria Morevna", "White Duck", etc. His works are known for the fairy tales of A. S. Pushkin "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" , "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel", "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish". One of the features of Bilibin's illustrations is humor and that merciless and sharp irony that is so characteristic of Russian folk tales. Bilibin is enthusiastically working on sketches for the first production of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel. Fairy tale characters - good and evil, beautiful and ugly - have excited us since childhood, taught us to love goodness and beauty, to hate evil, cowardice, injustice.

Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926) is one of the first Russian artists who pushed the boundaries of the usual genres and showed the fairy-tale world, illuminated by the poetic imagination of the people. Vasnetsov, one of the first Russian artists, turned to recreating the images of folk tales and epics in painting. His fate turned out as if he was destined in advance to be a singer of a Russian fairy tale. His childhood passed in the harsh picturesque Vyatka region. A talkative cook who tells fairy tales to children, the stories of wandering people who have seen a lot in their lifetime, according to the artist himself, "made me love the past and present of my people for life, largely determined my path." Already at the beginning of his work, he created a number of illustrations for the Little Humpbacked Horse and The Fire Bird. In addition to fairy tales, he has works dedicated to the heroic images of epics. "The Knight at the Crossroads", "Three Heroes". The famous canvas "Ivan Tsarevich on a gray wolf" is written on the plot of one of the most famous and widespread fairy tales reproduced in popular prints of the 18th century.

Yuri Alekseevich Vasnetsov (1900-1973) - illustrated and designed Russian folk tales, songs, nursery rhymes, as well as books by famous children's authors: V. Bianki, K. Chukovsky, S. Marshak, etc. He is rightfully called the artist of Russian fairy tales. "Three Bears", "Humpbacked Horse", "Teremok" and many others. Fantastic, fabulous landscapes are based on the impressions of real Russian nature. The artist's birds and animals acquire the habits that he noticed in reality. In addition to domestic masters, there are wonderful foreign artists who have created many amazing and beautiful illustrations of fairy tales.

Moritz von Schwyz (1804-1871) famous German painter and illustrator. He created the so-called "monumental illustrations" based on fairy tales. These are large art canvases that can be seen in the halls of the Munich Alte Pinakothek. Schwitz's eleven watercolors are widely known, these are the cycles "Cinderella", "Seven Crows and a Faithful Sister", "Beautiful Melusina". He created the famous, repeatedly reproduced graphic sheets for the fairy tales "Seven Swabians", "Puss in Boots", for the collection "Old and New Children's Songs, Riddles and Fables", "Fables" by La Fontaine. Unusually emotionally expressive are his illustrations for the fairy tale "The Juniper", the legend of Ryubetsal and the good-natured patriarchal "The Story of the Beautiful Mermaid" by E. Mörik.

The graphic style of the famous French artist and sculptor Gustave Dore (1833-1883), combining the lightness of a stroke with a tense line, the ability to enrich the essence of an illustrated work with countless original finds, found an enthusiastic response from the French public. Dore is one of the most famous and prolific illustrators of the second half of the 19th century. True fame brought him book illustrations for literary works: "Illustrated Rabelais" (1854), "Don Quixote" by Cervantes (1862), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante (1861-1868), as well as illustrations for Balzac, Milton. Doré's illustrations for the fairy tales of Charles Perrault are considered classic.

Jon Bauer (1882-1917) became widely known for his illustrations for the book Among Dwarves and Trolls (Swedish: Bland tomtar och troll), published annually in Sweden at Christmas. It was he who created the tradition in depicting the fairy forest and the magical characters inhabiting it. Bauer specialized in illustrations for Scandinavian legends.

A whole gallery of fabulous images of humanized animals was created by Granville (his real name is Gerard Jean-Iñas Isidore) (1803-1847) - a French artist, graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator. He had a great influence on the style of children's picture books. He illustrated the fables of Lafontaine (1837), "The Adventures of Gulliver" by J. Swift (1839-1843).

At the turn of the century, new talented authors appeared in Great Britain. At the beginning of the twentieth century, some of the best books of F.Kh. Burnett, E. Nesbit and R. Kipling. The outstanding poet and prose writer Joseph Rudyard Kipling stands alone in the English literature of this period. He is a combination of a deeply conservative outlook and a bright original talent. In his fairy tales for children, good humor and rich imagination triumph. For some fairy tales, Kipling made illustrations as an artist.

Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) was an English artist who became famous for her illustrations of books for children, including fairy tales. Greenway's first book, Under the Window, was a great success. One of the artist's most famous works was the illustrations for Mother Goose's Tales and the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

A significant mark in the history of children's illustration was left by Disney, Jonaitis, Kittelsen, Tuvi Janson (she illustrated her own fairy tales about Mummy Trolls), O. Balovintseva, who became widely known thanks to her wonderful illustrations for Arabic fairy tales.

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What's the use of a book, thought Alice.
- if there are no pictures or conversations in it?
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

Surprisingly, the children's illustration of Russia (USSR)
there is an exact year of birth - 1925. This year
a department of children's literature was created in the Leningrad
State Publishing House (GIZ). Before this book
with illustrations specially for children were not published.

Who are they - the authors of the most beloved, beautiful illustrations that have been remembered since childhood and our children like?
Learn, remember, share your opinion.
The article was written using the stories of the parents of today's kids and book reviews on the websites of online bookstores.

Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev(1903-1993, Moscow) - children's writer, illustrator and animation director. His kind, funny pictures look like frames from a cartoon. Suteev's drawings have turned many fairy tales into masterpieces.
So, for example, not all parents consider the works of Korney Chukovsky to be a necessary classic, and most of them do not consider his works to be talented. But Chukovsky's fairy tales, illustrated by Vladimir Suteev, I want to hold in my hands and read to children.

Boris Alexandrovich Dekhterev(1908-1993, Kaluga, Moscow) - People's Artist, Soviet graphic artist (it is believed that the Dekhterev School determined the development of the country's book graphics), illustrator. He worked mainly in the technique of pencil drawing and watercolor. The good old illustrations by Dekhterev are a whole era in the history of children's illustration, many illustrators call Boris Aleksandrovich their teacher.

Dekhterev illustrated children's fairy tales by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, Vasily Zhukovsky, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen. As well as works by other Russian writers and world classics, such as Mikhail Lermontov, Ivan Turgenev, William Shakespeare.

Nikolay Alexandrovich Ustinov(1937, Moscow), Dekhterev was his teacher, and many modern illustrators already consider Ustinov their teacher.

Nikolai Ustinov - People's Artist, illustrator. Tales with his illustrations were published not only in Russia (USSR), but also in Japan, Germany, Korea and other countries. Almost three hundred works were illustrated by the famous artist for publishing houses: "Children's Literature", "Kid", "Artist of the RSFSR", publishing houses of Tula, Voronezh, St. Petersburg and others. He worked in the Murzilka magazine.
Ustinov's illustrations for Russian folk tales remain the most beloved for children: Three Bears, Masha and the Bear, Sister Chanterelle, Frog Princess, Geese Swans and many others.

Yuri Alekseevich Vasnetsov(1900-1973, Vyatka, Leningrad) - people's artist and illustrator. All kids like his pictures for folk songs, nursery rhymes and jokes (Ladushki, Rainbow-arc). He illustrated folk tales, tales of Leo Tolstoy, Pyotr Ershov, Samuil Marshak, Vitaly Bianchi and other classics of Russian literature.

When buying children's books with illustrations by Yuri Vasnetsov, make sure that the drawings are clear and moderately bright. Using the name of a well-known artist, recently books are often published with fuzzy scans of drawings or with increased unnatural brightness and contrast, and this is not very good for children's eyes.

Leonid Viktorovich Vladimirsky(born in 1920, Moscow) is a Russian graphic artist and the most popular illustrator of books about A. N. Tolstoy's Pinocchio and A. M. Volkov's Emerald City, thanks to which he became widely known in Russia and the countries of the former USSR. I painted with watercolors. It is Vladimirsky's illustrations that many recognize as classic for Volkov's works. Well, Pinocchio in the form in which he has been known and loved by several generations of children is undoubtedly his merit.

Viktor Alexandrovich Chizhikov(born in 1935, Moscow) - People's Artist of Russia, author of the image of the bear cub Mishka, the mascot of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The illustrator of the magazine "Crocodile", "Funny Pictures", "Murzilka", for many years he drew for the magazine "Around the World".
Chizhikov illustrated the works of Sergei Mikhalkov, Nikolai Nosov (Vitya Maleev at school and at home), Irina Tokmakova (Alya, Klyaksich and the letter "A"), Alexander Volkov (The Wizard of Oz), poems by Andrey Usachev, Korney Chukovsky and Agnia Barto and other books .

In fairness, it should be noted that Chizhikov's illustrations are rather specific and cartoony. Therefore, not all parents prefer to buy books with his illustrations, if there is an alternative. For example, the books "The Wizard of the Emerald City" are preferred by many with illustrations by Leonid Vladimirsky.

Nikolai Ernestovich Radlov(1889-1942, St. Petersburg) - Russian artist, art critic, teacher. Illustrator of children's books: Agnia Barto, Samuil Marshak, Sergei Mikhalkov, Alexander Volkov. Radlov painted for kids with great pleasure. His most famous book is cartoons for kids "Stories in Pictures". This is a book-album with funny stories about animals and birds. Years have passed, but the collection is still very popular. Stories in pictures were repeatedly reprinted not only in Russia, but also in other countries. At the international children's book competition in America in 1938, the book won second prize.

Alexey Mikhailovich Laptev(1905-1965, Moscow) - graphic artist, book illustrator, poet. The artist's works are in many regional museums, as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad. Illustrated "The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends" by Nikolai Nosov, "Fables" by Ivan Krylov, "Funny Pictures" magazine. The book with his poems and pictures "Pik, Pak, Pok" is already very loved by any generation of children and parents (Briff, a greedy bear, foals Chernysh and Ryzhik, fifty hares and others)

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin(1876-1942, Leningrad) - Russian artist, book illustrator and theater designer. Bilibin illustrated a large number of fairy tales, including those of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. He developed his own style - "Bilibino" - a graphic representation, taking into account the traditions of ancient Russian and folk art, a carefully traced and detailed patterned contour drawing, colored with watercolors. Bilibin's style became popular and began to be imitated.

Fairy tales, epics, images of ancient Russia for many have long been inextricably linked with Bilibin's illustrations.

Vladimir Mikhailovich Konashevich(1888-1963, Novocherkassk, Leningrad) - Russian artist, graphic artist, illustrator. I started illustrating children's books by accident. In 1918, his daughter was three years old. Konashevich drew pictures for her for each letter of the alphabet. One of my friends saw these drawings, he liked them. So the “ABC in Pictures” was printed - the first book by V. M. Konashevich. Since then, the artist has become an illustrator of children's books.
From the 1930s, illustrating children's literature became the main business of his life. Konashevich also illustrated adult literature, was engaged in painting, painted pictures in a specific technique he liked - ink or watercolor on Chinese paper.

The main works of Vladimir Konashevich:
- illustration of fairy tales and songs different peoples, some of which have been illustrated several times;
- fairy tales by G.Kh. Andersen, Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault;
- "The Old Man-Year-Old" by V. I. Dahl;
- works by Korney Chukovsky and Samuil Marshak.
The last work of the artist was to illustrate all the fairy tales of A. S. Pushkin.

Anatoly Mikhailovich Savchenko(1924-2011, Novocherkassk, Moscow) - cartoonist and illustrator of children's books. Anatoly Savchenko was the production designer for the cartoons "Kid and Carlson" and "Carlson returned" and the author of illustrations for books by Astrid Lindgren. The most famous cartoon works with his direct participation: Moidodyr, the adventures of Murzilka, Petya and Little Red Riding Hood, Vovka in Far Far Away, The Nutcracker, Fly-Tsokotukha, Kesha's parrot and others.
Children are familiar with Savchenko's illustrations from the books: “Piggy is offended” by Vladimir Orlov, “Kuzya Brownie” by Tatyana Alexandrova, “Tales for the smallest” by Gennady Tsyferov, “Little Baba Yaga” by Preysler Otfrid, as well as books with works similar to cartoons.

Oleg Vladimirovich Vasiliev(born in 1931, Moscow). His works are in the collections of many art museums in Russia and the USA, incl. at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Since the 60s, for more than thirty years he has been designing children's books in collaboration with Erik Vladimirovich Bulatov(Born in 1933, Sverdlovsk, Moscow).
The most famous are the artists' illustrations for fairy tales by Charles Perrault and Hans Andersen, poems by Valentin Berestov and fairy tales by Gennady Tsyferov.

Boris Arkadyevich Diodorov(born 1934, Moscow) - People's Artist. Favorite technique - color etching. Author of illustrations for many works of Russian and foreign classics. His most famous illustrations for fairy tales are:

Jan Ekholm "Tutta Karlsson the First and Only, Ludwig the Fourteenth and others";
- Selma Lagerlöf "Niels' amazing journey with wild geese";
- Sergey Aksakov "The Scarlet Flower";
- Hans Christian Andersen's works.

Diodorov has illustrated more than 300 books. His works have been published in the USA, France, Spain, Finland, Japan, South Korea and other countries. He worked as the chief artist of the publishing house "Children's Literature".

Evgeny Ivanovich Charushin(1901-1965, Vyatka, Leningrad) - graphic artist, sculptor, prose writer and children's animal writer. Basically, the illustrations are executed in the manner of a free watercolor drawing, with a little humor. Kids love it, even toddlers. Known for illustrations of animals that he drew for his own stories: "About Tomka", "Volchishko and others", "Nikitka and his friends" and many others. He also illustrated other authors: Chukovsky, Prishvin, Bianki. The most famous book with his illustrations is "Children in a Cage" by Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak.

Evgeny Mikhailovich Rachev(1906-1997, Tomsk) - animal painter, graphic artist, illustrator. He illustrated mainly Russian folk tales, fables and fairy tales of the classics of Russian literature. He mainly illustrated works in which the main characters are animals: Russian fairy tales about animals, fables.

Ivan Maksimovich Semyonov(1906-1982, Rostov-on-Don, Moscow) - People's Artist, graphic artist, cartoonist. Semenov worked in the newspapers Komsomolskaya Pravda, Pionerskaya Pravda, the magazines Smena, Krokodil, and others. Back in 1956, on his initiative, the first humorous magazine for young children in the USSR, “Funny Pictures”, was created.
His most famous illustrations are for Nikolai Nosov's stories about Kolya and Mishka (Dreamers, Living Hat and others) and drawings "Bobik visiting Barbos".

The names of some other famous contemporary Russian children's book illustrators:

- Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nazaruk(born in 1941, Moscow) - production designer of dozens of animated films: Little Raccoon, The Adventures of Leopold the Cat, Mom for a mammoth, Bazhov's tales and illustrator of books of the same name.

- Nadezhda Bugoslavskaya(the author of the article did not find biographical information) - the author of good beautiful illustrations for many children's books: Poems and songs of mother goose, poems by Boris Zakhoder, works by Sergei Mikhalkov, works by Daniil Kharms, stories by Mikhail Zoshchenko, "Pippi Longstocking" by Astrid Lindgren and others.

- Igor Egunov(the author of the article did not find biographical information) - a contemporary artist, author of bright, well-drawn illustrations for books: "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" by Rudolf Raspe, "The Little Humpbacked Horse" by Pyotr Ershov, fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and Hoffmann, fairy tales about Russian heroes.

- Evgeny Antonenkov(born in 1956, Moscow) - illustrator, favorite technique is watercolor, pen and paper, mixed media. The illustrations are modern, unusual, stand out among others. Some look at them with indifference, others fall in love with funny pictures at first sight.
The most famous illustrations: to the fairy tales about Winnie the Pooh (Alan Alexander Milne), "Russian Children's Tales", poems and fairy tales by Samuil Marshak, Korney Chukovsky, Gianni Rodari, Yunna Moritz. Stupid Horse by Vladimir Levin (English old folk ballads), illustrated by Antonenkov, is one of the most popular books of the outgoing 2011.
Evgeny Antonenkov collaborates with publishing houses in Germany, France, Belgium, the USA, Korea, Japan, is a regular participant in prestigious international exhibitions, laureate of the White Crow competition (Bologna, 2004), holder of the Book of the Year diploma (2008).

- Igor Yulievich Oleinikov(born in 1953, Moscow) - animator, mainly works in hand-drawn animation, book illustrator. Surprisingly, such a talented contemporary artist does not have a special art education.
In animation, Igor Oleinikov is known for his films: The Secret of the Third Planet, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Sherlock Holmes and I, and others. He worked with children's magazines "Tram", "Sesame Street" "Good night, kids!" and others.
Igor Oleinikov cooperates with publishing houses in Canada, USA, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Korea, Taiwan and Japan, participates in prestigious international exhibitions.
The artist's most famous illustrations for books: "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again" by John Tolkien, "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" by Erich Raspe, "The Adventures of Despero Mouse" by Kate DiCamillo, "Peter Pan" by James Barry. Recent books with illustrations by Oleinikov: poems by Daniil Kharms, Joseph Brodsky, Andrey Usachev.

Anna Agrova

Children's book illustrators. Who are the authors of the most favorite pictures

What's the use of a book, thought Alice.
- if there are no pictures or conversations in it?
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

Surprisingly, the children's illustration of Russia (USSR)
there is an exact year of birth - 1925. This year
a department of children's literature was created in the Leningrad
State Publishing House (GIZ). Before this book
with illustrations specially for children were not published.

Who are they - the authors of the most beloved, beautiful illustrations that have been remembered since childhood and our children like?
Learn, remember, share your opinion.
The article was written using the stories of the parents of today's kids and book reviews on the websites of online bookstores.

Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev(1903-1993, Moscow) - children's writer, illustrator and animation director. His kind, funny pictures look like frames from a cartoon. Suteev's drawings have turned many fairy tales into masterpieces.
So, for example, not all parents consider the works of Korney Chukovsky to be a necessary classic, and most of them do not consider his works to be talented. But Chukovsky's fairy tales, illustrated by Vladimir Suteev, I want to hold in my hands and read to children.

Boris Alexandrovich Dekhterev(1908-1993, Kaluga, Moscow) - People's Artist, Soviet graphic artist (it is believed that the "Dekhterev School" determined the development of the country's book graphics), illustrator. He worked mainly in the technique of pencil drawing and watercolor. The good old illustrations by Dekhterev are a whole era in the history of children's illustration, many illustrators call Boris Aleksandrovich their teacher.

Dekhterev illustrated children's fairy tales by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, Vasily Zhukovsky, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen. As well as works by other Russian writers and world classics, such as Mikhail Lermontov, Ivan Turgenev, William Shakespeare.

Nikolay Alexandrovich Ustinov(1937, Moscow), Dekhterev was his teacher, and many modern illustrators already consider Ustinov their teacher.

Nikolai Ustinov - People's Artist, illustrator. Tales with his illustrations were published not only in Russia (USSR), but also in Japan, Germany, Korea and other countries. Almost three hundred works were illustrated by the famous artist for publishing houses: "Children's Literature", "Kid", "Artist of the RSFSR", publishing houses of Tula, Voronezh, St. Petersburg and others. He worked in the Murzilka magazine.
Ustinov's illustrations for Russian folk tales remain the most beloved for children: Three Bears, Masha and the Bear, Sister Chanterelle, Frog Princess, Geese Swans and many others.

Yuri Alekseevich Vasnetsov(1900-1973, Vyatka, Leningrad) - people's artist and illustrator. All kids like his pictures for folk songs, nursery rhymes and jokes (Ladushki, Rainbow-arc). He illustrated folk tales, tales of Leo Tolstoy, Pyotr Ershov, Samuil Marshak, Vitaly Bianchi and other classics of Russian literature.

When buying children's books with illustrations by Yuri Vasnetsov, make sure that the drawings are clear and moderately bright. Using the name of a well-known artist, recently books are often published with fuzzy scans of drawings or with increased unnatural brightness and contrast, and this is not very good for children's eyes.

Leonid Viktorovich Vladimirsky(born in 1920, Moscow) is a Russian graphic artist and the most popular illustrator of books about A. N. Tolstoy's Pinocchio and A. M. Volkov's Emerald City, thanks to which he became widely known in Russia and the countries of the former USSR. I painted with watercolors. It is Vladimirsky's illustrations that many recognize as classic for Volkov's works. Well, Pinocchio in the form in which he has been known and loved by several generations of children is undoubtedly his merit.

Viktor Alexandrovich Chizhikov(born in 1935, Moscow) - People's Artist of Russia, author of the image of the bear cub Mishka, the mascot of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The illustrator of the magazine "Crocodile", "Funny Pictures", "Murzilka", for many years he drew for the magazine "Around the World".
Chizhikov illustrated the works of Sergei Mikhalkov, Nikolai Nosov (Vitya Maleev at school and at home), Irina Tokmakova (Alya, Klyaksich and the letter "A"), Alexander Volkov (The Wizard of Oz), poems by Andrey Usachev, Korney Chukovsky and Agnia Barto and other books .

In fairness, it should be noted that Chizhikov's illustrations are rather specific and cartoony. Therefore, not all parents prefer to buy books with his illustrations, if there is an alternative. For example, the books "The Wizard of the Emerald City" are preferred by many with illustrations. Leonid Vladimirsky.

Nikolai Ernestovich Radlov(1889-1942, St. Petersburg) - Russian artist, art critic, teacher. Illustrator of children's books: Agnia Barto, Samuil Marshak, Sergei Mikhalkov, Alexander Volkov. Radlov painted for kids with great pleasure. His most famous book is cartoons for kids "Stories in Pictures". This is a book-album with funny stories about animals and birds. Years have passed, but the collection is still very popular. Stories in pictures were repeatedly reprinted not only in Russia, but also in other countries. At the international children's book competition in America in 1938, the book won second prize.

Alexey Mikhailovich Laptev(1905-1965, Moscow) - graphic artist, book illustrator, poet. The artist's works are in many regional museums, as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad. Illustrated "The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends" by Nikolai Nosov, "Fables" by Ivan Krylov, "Funny Pictures" magazine. The book with his poems and pictures "Pik, Pak, Pok" is already very loved by any generation of children and parents (Briff, a greedy bear, foals Chernysh and Ryzhik, fifty hares and others)

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin(1876-1942, Leningrad) - Russian artist, book illustrator and theater designer. Bilibin illustrated a large number of fairy tales, including those of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. He developed his own style - "Bilibino" - a graphic representation taking into account the traditions of ancient Russian and folk art, a carefully traced and detailed patterned contour drawing, colored with watercolors. Bilibin's style became popular and began to be imitated.

Fairy tales, epics, images of ancient Russia for many have long been inextricably linked with Bilibin's illustrations.

Vladimir Mikhailovich Konashevich(1888-1963, Novocherkassk, Leningrad) - Russian artist, graphic artist, illustrator. I started illustrating children's books by accident. In 1918, his daughter was three years old. Konashevich drew pictures for her for each letter of the alphabet. One of my friends saw these drawings, he liked them. So the “ABC in Pictures” was printed - the first book by V. M. Konashevich. Since then, the artist has become an illustrator of children's books.
From the 1930s, illustrating children's literature became the main business of his life. Konashevich also illustrated adult literature, was engaged in painting, painted pictures in a specific technique he liked - ink or watercolor on Chinese paper.

The main works of Vladimir Konashevich:
- illustration of fairy tales and songs of different nations, some of which were illustrated several times;
- fairy tales by G.Kh. Andersen, Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault;
- "The Old Man-Year-Old" by V. I. Dahl;
- works by Korney Chukovsky and Samuil Marshak.
The last work of the artist was to illustrate all the fairy tales of A. S. Pushkin.

Anatoly Mikhailovich Savchenko(1924-2011, Novocherkassk, Moscow) - cartoonist and illustrator of children's books. Anatoly Savchenko was the production designer for the cartoons "Kid and Carlson" and "Carlson returned" and the author of illustrations for books by Astrid Lindgren. The most famous cartoon works with his direct participation: Moidodyr, the adventures of Murzilka, Petya and Little Red Riding Hood, Vovka in Far Far Away, The Nutcracker, Fly-Tsokotukha, Kesha's parrot and others.
Children are familiar with Savchenko's illustrations from the books: “Piggy is offended” by Vladimir Orlov, “Kuzya Brownie” by Tatyana Alexandrova, “Tales for the smallest” by Gennady Tsyferov, “Little Baba Yaga” by Preysler Otfrid, as well as books with works similar to cartoons.

Oleg Vladimirovich Vasiliev(born in 1931, Moscow). His works are in the collections of many art museums in Russia and the USA, incl. at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Since the 1960s, for more than thirty years he has been designing children's books in collaboration with Erik Vladimirovich Bulatov (born in 1933, Sverdlovsk, Moscow).
The most famous are the artists' illustrations for fairy tales by Charles Perrault and Hans Andersen, poems by Valentin Berestov and fairy tales by Gennady Tsyferov.

Boris Arkadyevich Diodorov(born 1934, Moscow) - People's Artist. Favorite technique - color etching. Author of illustrations for many works of Russian and foreign classics. His most famous illustrations for fairy tales are:

- Jan Ekholm "Tutta Karlsson the First and Only, Ludwig the Fourteenth and others";
- Selma Lagerlöf "Niels' amazing journey with wild geese";
- Sergey Aksakov "The Scarlet Flower";
- Hans Christian Andersen's works.

Diodorov has illustrated more than 300 books. His works have been published in the USA, France, Spain, Finland, Japan, South Korea and other countries. He worked as the chief artist of the publishing house "Children's Literature".

Evgeny Ivanovich Charushin(1901-1965, Vyatka, Leningrad) - graphic artist, sculptor, prose writer and children's writer-animalist. Basically, the illustrations are executed in the manner of a free watercolor drawing, with a little humor. Kids love it, even toddlers. Known for illustrations of animals that he drew for his own stories: "About Tomka", "Volchishko and others", "Nikitka and his friends" and many others. He also illustrated other authors: Chukovsky, Prishvin, Bianki. The most famous book with his illustrations is "Children in a Cage" by Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak.

Evgeny Mikhailovich Rachev(1906-1997, Tomsk) - animal painter, graphic artist, illustrator. He illustrated mainly Russian folk tales, fables and fairy tales of the classics of Russian literature. He mainly illustrated works in which the main characters are animals: Russian fairy tales about animals, fables.

Ivan Maksimovich Semyonov(1906-1982, Rostov-on-Don, Moscow) - People's Artist, graphic artist, cartoonist. Semenov worked in the newspapers Komsomolskaya Pravda, Pionerskaya Pravda, the magazines Smena, Krokodil, and others. Back in 1956, on his initiative, the first humorous magazine for young children in the USSR, “Funny Pictures”, was created.
His most famous illustrations are for Nikolai Nosov's stories about Kolya and Mishka (Dreamers, Living Hat and others) and drawings "Bobik visiting Barbos".

The names of some other famous contemporary Russian children's book illustrators:

- Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nazaruk(born in 1941, Moscow) is a production designer for dozens of animated films: Little Raccoon, The Adventures of Leopold the Cat, Mom for a mammoth, Bazhov's tales and illustrator of books of the same name.

- Nadezhda Bugoslavskaya(the author of the article did not find biographical information) - the author of good beautiful illustrations for many children's books: Poems and songs of Mother Goose, poems by Boris Zakhoder, works by Sergei Mikhalkov, works by Daniil Kharms, stories by Mikhail Zoshchenko, "Pippi Longstocking" by Astrid Lindgren and others.

- Igor Yegunov (the author of the article did not find biographical information) - a contemporary artist, author of bright, well-drawn illustrations for books: "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" by Rudolf Raspe, "The Little Humpbacked Horse" by Pyotr Ershov, fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and Hoffmann, fairy tales about Russian heroes

- Evgeny Antonenkov(born in 1956, Moscow) - illustrator, favorite technique is watercolor, pen and paper, mixed media. The illustrations are modern, unusual, stand out among others. Some look at them with indifference, others fall in love with funny pictures at first sight.
The most famous illustrations: to the fairy tales about Winnie the Pooh (Alan Alexander Milne), "Russian Children's Tales", poems and fairy tales by Samuil Marshak, Korney Chukovsky, Gianni Rodari, Yunna Moritz. Stupid Horse by Vladimir Levin (English old folk ballads), illustrated by Antonenkov, is one of the most popular books of the outgoing 2011.
Evgeny Antonenkov collaborates with publishing houses in Germany, France, Belgium, the USA, Korea, Japan, is a regular participant in prestigious international exhibitions, laureate of the White Crow competition (Bologna, 2004), holder of the Book of the Year diploma (2008).

- Igor Yulievich Oleinikov (born in 1953, Moscow) - animator, mainly works in hand-drawn animation, book illustrator. Surprisingly, such a talented contemporary artist does not have a special art education.
In animation, Igor Oleinikov is known for his films: The Secret of the Third Planet, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Sherlock Holmes and I, and others. He worked with children's magazines "Tram", "Sesame Street" "Good night, kids!" and others.
Igor Oleinikov cooperates with publishing houses in Canada, USA, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Korea, Taiwan and Japan, participates in prestigious international exhibitions.
The artist's most famous illustrations for books: "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again" by John Tolkien, "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" by Erich Raspe, "The Adventures of Despero Mouse" by Kate DiCamillo, "Peter Pan" by James Barry. Recent books with illustrations by Oleinikov: poems by Daniil Kharms, Joseph Brodsky, Andrey Usachev.
A m I didn’t really want to introduce you to illustrators, to remember our childhood with you and recommend it to young parents.

(text) Anna Agrova

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