Mavrina Tatiana (1902-1996)

Mavrina (Mavrina-Lebedev) Tatiana was born on December 20, 1902 in Nizhny Novgorod.

Creative way a painter, graphic artist, illustrator TA Mavrina began in 1920., Full of innovative search in the arts.

She studied at the Higher Art - Vhuteine ​​(1922-29). Along with several fellow students participated at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. in the exhibitions of the "13" where the most prized lively, fast-paced bold pattern sketch. These ease and freedom, almost childlike in circulation with color, line and form were inherent drawings and watercolors Mavrina, moved to her art and to book pen drawings, lozhivshiesya page transparent and subtle rhythmic pattern ("Destiny Charles Lonsevilya" Mr. K. . Paustovskogo, 1933, etc.).

The quest for the pattern, fueled by a love of colorful Russian icon, to the works of folk art.

The artist travels through the ancient Russian cities, drawing from life, but in a way that smartly painted sketches seem fictitious, created by the imagination of the author. After years of traveling Mavrina was published in 1980 the book-album "Way-road", which brings together watercolors and gouaches with views of protected parts of Russia - Zvenigorod, Uglich, Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl, Pavlovsk suburb, Gasimov and other cities.

The artist is able to equally surprised old and new, in all their signs to look for and interpenetration. In this environment it sees reality through the prism of fairytale perception. And in the book drawing of the artist's favorite genre is a fairy tale.

Many times she has illustrated for children tales of Pushkin ("The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights", 1946, "Ruslan and Ludmila", 1960, "There stands", 1961), Russian folk tales. And every time in her books became denser and brighter colors, free and patterned planar drawing more fantastic and amusing fairy-tale characters, especially the animals. Draws them it is not a pen, and broad strokes of the brush.

In 1969 is published on the amazing beauty and richness of imagination "Fairy Alphabet" Mavrina. From beginning to end it was made by the artist with almost no explanatory captions, because the whole point lies in themselves illustrations. In each letter - a little fairy story. Pictures of the alphabet are full of deceit and mischief, kindness and warmth, as well as all the art of the artist.

Died August 19, 1996 in Moscow.