Georgy Nikolaevich Karlov (1905 - 1991)

Georgy Nikolaevich Karlov

Georgy Nikolaevich Karlov (Russian: Георгий Николаевич Карлов) was a Soviet artist of the second half of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist and illustrator.

Georgy Karlov began his career by teaching drawing in schools, during the Great Patriotic War he drew anti-fascist and propaganda posters. During his career he illustrated more than 100 children's books, collaborated with the magazine Murzilka and illustrated "adult" satirical works. The artist created realistic depictions of animals with anthropomorphic features and rich facial expressions. His book-textbook "The Image of Birds and Animals" collected the experience of an animalist and filled the gap in the literature on the image of animals.