Bidspirit auction | Lev Korchemkin - ”Children's Book

Lev Korchemkin - ”Children's Book Illustration”, 1970's, gouache on paper, size - 9,5x7 inches. - Excellent condition. Lev Korchemkin (1912–2001) Soviet graphic artist, illustrator, painter, poster artist. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1948. In 1948 he graduated from the Moscow State Art Institute. V.I.Surikov. Since 1964 he took an active part in the activities of the studio ”New Reality”, under the leadership of E. Belyutin. During the war years he worked as a decorator, after the war he performed propaganda and film posters. The artist possessed an undeniable gift to convey not only the mood, but also to find a surprisingly correct tonality, which perfectly allows the viewer to penetrate the essence of the work. It is not surprising that Lev Korchemkin successfully worked as a book illustrator - he illustrated the books “A Thousand and One Nights”, fairy tales of the peoples of the USSR, Perrot's fairy tales, works by G. Mann, D. Diderot, Voltaire and others. But he managed to achieve the most significant success in film posters. L. N. Korchemkin's works are in the Volgograd, Tula, Yaroslavl museums, in private collections in Russia and abroad.