Evgenii Rachev

(Russia), 1906-1997

Born in Tomsk, Russia, he spent his early childhood in the hunting grounds of Siberia, where he became familiar with the region’s wild animals. Rachev graduated from Kuban Art and Pedagogical College in 1928. After getting acquainted with the animal picture books of such famous masters as V. Lebedev and E. Charushin, he joined the faculty of the Kiev Art Institute and started his career as an illustrator. In the late 1930s, he was invited to Moscow to work at Detgiz, a publishing house for children’s literature, where he actively engaged in creating picture books. After World War II, Rachev continued to illustrate many stories, mainly folktales or fables featuring animals with human characteristics.
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From Рукавичка (The Mitten)

1950 / Watercolor and crayon, / 352 mm × 243 mm.

From Рукавичка (The Mitten)

1950 / Watercolor and crayon, / 336 mm × 275 mm.

From Рукавичка (The Mitten)

1950 / Watercolor and crayon, / 367 mm × 290 mm.

From Рукавичка (The Mitten)

1950 / Watercolor and crayon, / 362 mm × 290 mm.

МАЩАИМЕДВЕДЬ (Masha and the Bear), a Russian Folktale

1965 / Watercolor and crayon, / 572 mm × 441 mm.

The Fox Holding a Rolling Pin, a Russian Folktale

1953 / Watercolor and crayon, / 467 mm × 386 mm.