Ruben Artyomovich Varshamov (1936 - 2000)

Ruben Artyomovich Varshamov

Ruben Artyomovich Varshamov (Russian: Рубен Артёмович Варшамов) was a Soviet and Russian artist of the second half of the twentieth century. He is known as a graphic-animalist and illustrator of children's books.

Ruben Varshamov created illustrations for more than 50 books of the publishing houses "Children's Literature", "Malysh", "Raduga", "Rosman" and others. He also created surrealistic cycles in paintings, etchings and lithographs based on classic works by various authors. In 1977, the artist became editor-in-chief of the humorous children's magazine Vesyolye Kartinki, which he headed until his death.