Vadim Alexeyevich Gorbatov (1940)

Vadim Alexeyevich Gorbatov

Vadim Alexeyevich Gorbatov (Russian: Вадим Алексеевич Горбатов) is a Soviet and contemporary Russian artist. He is known as a painter and graphic artist, animalist.

Vadim Gorbatov creates works that are based on field observations and realistic sketches. The artist studied the animal world in his travels from the Siberian tundra to the jungles of Cambodia. He has illustrated many books, including the Red Book of the USSR, and is involved in international projects such as the Artists for Nature Foundation, in which Gorbatov is the only Russian participant. He is also a member of the Union of Artists of Russia and the Wildlife Artists' Union of Great Britain.