Search results for: “bilibin”
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Boris Zvorykin
Boris Zvorykin was a Russian illustrator active at the end of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th. Apart from that, I’ve found very little background or biographical information. I would be curious to know, in particular, the relationship between Zvorykin and Ivan Bilibin, who also did colorful and decorative illustrations of…
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Picturing Archers on Tor.com
I’m happy to see that Irene Gallo is continuing her series of “Picturing…” posts, in which she uses her keen art director’s eye and delightfully eclectic taste to select a series of artworks on a particular theme (see my article on her post, “Picturing Autumn“). This time around her topic is “Picturing Archers“, a surprisingly…
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Picturing Winter on Tor.com
In what I think is both a terrific idea and a beautiful result, Irene Gallo, art director of Tor Books, posted a column yesterday on Tor.com to mark the Winter Solstice in which she had asked 20 contemporary illustrators to suggest some of their favorite images of winter. The article features images of some of…
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Errol Le Cain
British animator and illustrator Errol Le Cain was a member of Richard William’s animation studio in the 1960’s when they were producing the terrific and influential animated opening credits for films like A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Casino Royale (the original, weird one). He also worked on William’s The…
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Gennady Spirin
Russian born illustrator Gennady Spirin studied at the Moscow Art School and the Academy of Arts, as well as the Moscow Stroganov Institute, and currently resides in the U.S. Spirin is the author and illustrator of a number of children’s books for which his illustrations have garnered awards in Europe and the U.S. Spirin blends…
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Willy Pogany
William Andrew Pogany, called “Willy”, was a prolific Hungarian born illustrator, active around the turn of the last century, who illustrated over a hundred books. Most were children’s classics like Arabian Nights, and Mother Goose, even Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but also included less common titles like the Bhagavad Gita and the Rubiat. Before coming…