Dmitry Fomin. THE BESTIARY OF THE ANIMALIST ALEKSEY NIKANOROVICH KOMAROV

The article is devoted to the heritage of the famous animalist A.N.Komarov (1879-1977). Throughout his long career, he illustrated children’s and scientific literature, created posters, visuals, postcards, animal image stamps. The books with his illustrations are highly prized by bibliophiles. The author describes the artist’s biography and analyzes his art style. Attention is drawn to activities of Komarov in 1910-1920s, his fruitful cooperation with the I.D.Sytin and G.F.Mirimanov publishing houses.

Dmitry Fomin. THE FATE OF SERGEI BIGOS: BIBLIOPHILIC INVESTIGATION

В статье анализируются разные подходы отечественных художников книги второй половины 1920-х гг. к оформлению такого специфического типа изданий, как собрание сочинений. Рассматриваются наиболее яркие, нетривиальные дизайнерские решения, малоизвестные работы многих прославленных графиков, в их числе: С.В.Чехонин, В.Д.Замирайло, Б.М.Кустодиев, В.М.Конашевич, Н.И.Альтман, В.А. и Г.А. Стенберги, Н.П.Акимов.

Dmitry Fomin. "PRODUCTION OF CLASSICS". HOW COLLECTED WORKS WERE PUBLISHED AND DESIGNED IN THE 1920s

Analyzes different approaches of Russian artists of the book in the second half of the 1920s to designing such a specific type of publications as collected works. The most vivid, non-trivial design solutions are considered, together with, little-known works of such graphic artists as S.V.Chekhonin, V.D.Zamirailo, B.M.Kustodiev, N.I.Altman, V.A. and G.A.Stenberg, and N.RAkimov.