Leonid Vladimirsky

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Leonid Vladimirsky

Leonid Vladimirsky (21 September 1920 in Moscow, Russia - 18 April 2015 [1] ) was a Russian illustrator who worked on fairy tales, including books by Alexander Pushkin ( Ruslan and Ludmila ), [2] Aleksey Tolstoy (Golden Key, 1953), [2] and Alexander Volkov, [2] [3] as well as some folk tales. [4]

Vladimirsky graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography but decided to work as a book illustrator. [2] He found it easiest to create evil characters, which are easily derived from the everyday life. [4]

Books illustrated by Vladimirsky sold over 20 million copies. [3] His illustrations to Tolstoy and Volkov were so popular in the Soviet Union that they were commonly reproduced on common goods including bottles of soft drinks and postcards. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Скончался иллюстратор "Буратино" Леонид Владимирский" (in Russian). Interfax. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Художник-иллюстратор Леонид Владимирский празднует девяностолетие" (in Russian). Russia-K. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 Frolenkova, Antonina (23 August 2010). "Художник Леонид Владимирский: "И что нам ждать еще от Бога, когда он подарил нам жизнь."" (in Russian). Pravoslaviye i Mir . Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 Карлюкевич, Александр (28 July 2005). "Леонид Владимирский: Отрицательные персонажи легче создавать" (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta . Retrieved 21 February 2015.
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