Russian artist Igor Oleynikov awarded the prestigious Andersen Prize
ARTinvestment.RU   28 марта 2018

International prize of Hans Christian Andersen award for excellence in literature for children and youth, including artists books. In 2018, the jury named the winner of the artist innovation and contribution to children's illustration

Amazing and beautiful story. Igor yulevich Oleynikov (1954), whose books are published today, from America to Singapore, do-то self-taught in art institutions have not been studied. I read that his mother was an artist Lyuberetskiy carpet factory, he grew up in a creative atmosphere, from childhood loved to draw. But to go after school, Oleynikov has gone in the "Groundhog" or "polygraph", and in the Institute of chemical engineering. Studied for several years at the design Institute, and then at 25 decided to dramatically change his life and return to his true vocation.

In 1979, Oleynikov got a Studio "Soyuzmultfilm" assistant artist-постановщика, i.e., in fact, "the apprentice". Profession mastered "time". He worked in animation for almost 30 years. Oleynikov participated in the creation of the cartoon "Mystery of the third planet", "the Caliph-аист", modern full-length "Nutcracker", "Prince Vladimir" and dozens of other films. Working on book illustration, according to him, he still sees drawing as a frame of the film — is feeling, what happened before and after.

Today books with illustrations Oleynikova, produced by many foreign publishing houses. And Russian too. His passion remains children's literature, but draws Oleynikov and "adult" classical Russian literature from Gogol to Joseph Brodsky. He illustrated in particular his "Ballad of the little tug", "Who discovered America" and "Working alphabet".

Prize of Hans Christian Andersen is considered the "Nobel prize" in children's literature. Artists lived since 1966. Excited for our.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

Sources: daily.afisha.ru, tvkultura.ru, fapmc.ru, ibby.org, fb.ru