Yuri Vasnetsov: Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours, Book Illustrations, Lithographs, Theatrical Designs, Porcelain

Yuri Vasnetsov; Vsevolod Petrov (Introduction); Alex Miller (Translator)

Edité par Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad / Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1984

Large-format cloth hardcover, scarce English edition, 194 pages, illustrated throughout, glossy paper, NOT ex-library. Printed and bound in Finland; no ISBN. Weight over 1.3kg. Beautiful condition, clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, untanned, free of inscriptions, firmly bound. A foreign price-stamp on the rear blank endpaper. One tiny, really minor yellow mark on the side page edges, otherwise outer page edges are spotless. A short gentle crease in the lower spine corner of the rear board. Untorn dust jacket also in attractive shape, with limited gentle wear. -- Yuri Vasnetsov (1900-1973) was a well-known Soviet painter and graphic artist. His work was closely linked with the traditions of Russian folk art, yet he always remained contemporary in his approach. Vasnetsov made his debut in the late 1920s and became one of those artists who initiated the production of Soviet illustrated books for children. During the fifty years of his artistic career he illustrated over one hundred books. Vasnetsov also produced coloured lithographs and worked in easel painting, demonstrating a manner entirely his own. This volume is the most complete book on Vasnetsov ever published. It contains 171 plates, 144 of them in colour. The relationship between traditional and contemporary vision was one of the artist's most important problems both in painting and graphic art. Vasnetsov's fantastic landscapes are profoundly reworked under the influence of Russian scenery; his birds and beasts and fairy-tale personages are very expressive because he invests them with movement and behaviour observed from life. Vasnetsov's creative career, which covered almost half a century, is marked by a rare integrity. It was a path of steady growth, perfection and accumulation of skill. -- Contents [each section opens up with Vasnetsov's quotes]: Introduction; Paintings - Drawings - Watercolours; Book Illustrations - Lithographs - Theatrical Design - Porcelain; Biographical Outline [chronology + b&w photos]; List of plates; List of books illustrated by Vasnetsov. N° de réf. du vendeur 013042

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Yuri Vasnetsov: Paintings, Drawings, ...
Éditeur : Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad / Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date d'édition : 1984
Reliure : Hardcover
Illustrateur : Yuri Vasnetsov
Etat : Near Fine
Etat de la jaquette : Very Good
Edition : 1st Edition