Leonid Vladimirski
Leonid Viktorovich Vladimirsky (21 September 1920, Moscow – 18 April 2015, Moscow) was a Russian illustrator who worked on fairy tales, including books by Alexander Pushkin (Ruslan and Ludmila), Aleksey Tolstoy (The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Buratino, 1953), and Alexander Volkov (The Wizard of the Emerald City), as well as some folk tales. Vladimirsky graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography but decided to work as a book illustrator. He found it easiest to create evil characters, which are easily derived from the everyday life.
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Leonid Vladimirski
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- Name
- Leonid Vladimirsky
- Birth Name
- Leonid Viktorovich Vladimirsky
- Born
- 21 September 1920
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russian SFSR
- Died
- 18 April 2015
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russia
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- illustrator · artist
- Fields
- book illustration
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography · Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
- Known for
- Oz book series
- Honours
- Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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Leonid Viktorovich Vladimirsky (21 September 1920, Moscow – 18 April 2015, Moscow) was a Russian illustrator who worked on fairy tales, including books by Alexander Pushkin (Ruslan and Ludmila), Aleksey Tolstoy (The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Buratino, 1953), and Alexander Volkov (The Wizard of the Emerald City), as well as some folk tales. Vladimirsky graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography but decided to work as a book illustrator. He found it easiest to create evil characters, which are easily derived from the everyday life.
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Books illustrated by Vladimirsky sold over 20 million copies. 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.
Leonid Vladimirski studied at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are book illustration. Works named in the authority record are Oz book series. Distinctions recorded are Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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• Name — Leonid Vladimirsky • Birth Name — Leonid Viktorovich Vladimirsky • Born — 21 September 1920 • Birthplace — Moscow, Russian SFSR • Died — 18 April 2015 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia
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