Evgenia Lotsmanova. Artist
"Fairy Forest"
January 30 V Cultural center"Ozerov's House" took place opening of the exhibition of book graphics “Fairytale Forest”, the author of which is an illustrator Evgenia Lotsmanova. The basis of this exhibition was the illustrations for the fairy tale “The Magic Hill” by H. C. Andersen. For the young artist Evgenia Lotsmanova, “The Magic Hill” is the second published book with her illustrations, which simply “revitalized” this fairy tale and cannot but arouse admiration.
The illustrations in this fabulous book are based on the artist’s thesis work, but significantly revised for this edition. “Flipping through” the pages of this book on the screen and listening summary fairy tales, everyone who came to the opening probably wanted to read it early work Danish storyteller and realized how much the illustrator means to the book. The book’s drawings are made in a technique that is rare today, which is considered to be “heavy masculine technique” - lithography. From the short film, which was commented by Evgenia Lotsmanova herself, everyone was able to learn about the labor-intensive process of creating lithographs.
Evgenia was asked a lot of questions. Answering them in detail, the young artist charmed everyone with her answers. According to Evgenia, each painting is a reflection of the author’s soul, a little childish and naive; this is an internal dialogue with the viewer, an invitation to return to beautiful world childhood.
That evening, Evgenia received congratulations from the director of the Children's Art School named after the People's Artist of Russia M.G. Abakumov Vasily Alekseevich Bek, because Evgenia is a graduate of this school. There were many kind words and memories from the teacher of this school, Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Semenova. Kolomna artist Gennady Mitrofanovich Savinov expressed the hope that Evgenia will return to Kolomna more than once and surprise its residents with her creativity, because the illustration of a children's book is akin to breathing for her - it is impossible to live without it. In addition, the artist and local historian Alexey Alekseevich Fedorov suggested that Evgenia dedicate her next works to Kolomna , illustrating the famous work of I. I. Lazhechnikov “White, black and gray.” Evgenia herself especially thanked her mother, Natalya Nikolaevna, who is a creative and spiritual inspiration for her.
Elegant illustrations by Evgenia Lotsmanova allowed everyone who came to the vernissage to immerse themselves in a wonderful world book illustration. Together with the author, the audience visited the “Fairytale Forest”, created by the wonderful artist and illustrator Evgenia Lotsmanova.
The exhibition “Fairytale Forest” by Evgenia Lotsmanova will be a real gift for Kolomna residents and guests of our city. From it, each of us will be able to draw those emotions and feelings that remain on the pages wonderful fairy tales, who once generously decorated our childhood.
“An illustrator is his own director, decorator and actor. I live the lives of my characters, conveying the character. The art of book illustration is very similar to theater, sometimes you want the characters to jump out of the book and start talking.”
Lotsmanova Evgenia
Evgenia Lotsmanova(b. 1989) - a young Moscow artist, a graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Moscow University of Printing Arts.
Evgenia was born and studied in Kolomna, attended art school. I started drawing from early childhood. I really loved to portray fairy tale characters, small animals that are very common in Russian folk tales. In 2002 she entered the Moscow State University printing at the book graphics department, so my hobby became a profession. All her works are made in the best traditions of the Russian school of illustration. Now Evgenia lives in Moscow.
The artist began working on creating drawings for “Magpie Tales” a long time ago, back in 2004, but the result appeared only eight years later. This is due to the choice of execution technique, a very complex and time-consuming one - lithography. To create one picture, according to Evgenia Lotsmanova herself, it takes her from one to several months. (Lithography is writing, sketching and artistic drawing on stone with ink and a pencil of a special composition, as well as scratching with a needle, followed by printing impressions on paper.)
Here’s what Evgenia herself says about working on “Magpie Tales”:
"I have loved Tolstoy's fairy tales since childhood. His Russian language is very rich. It's great to feel that time, rural life with huts, geese walking in the yard, with horses, a threshing floor, a well. I wanted to show all this. And the lithography is very unusual technique– it’s interesting to create one sketch and then vary the color in different ways. It's a fun artistic process that produces different effects."
We are sometimes reproached: you only have reissues, but now no one wants to publish contemporary young artists. To be honest, it’s a shame to read this: our publishing house publishes quite a lot of such books (a lot, considering that we are a small private publishing house). The books are different, some are a tribute to experimentation, some are simpler. Over the past couple of years, we have published books with illustrations by: Victoria Kirdiy, Ksenia Lavrova, Galina Zinko, Olga Fadeeva, Lina Eitmantytė-Valuzhene, Elena Bazanova, Liza Bukhalova, Olga Ionaitis, Galina Lavrenko, Lyudmila Pipchenko, Ekaterina Plaksina, Polina Yakovleva. If anyone missed anything, you are welcome to study the site
Perhaps this feeling arises because I quite rarely talk about these books in this LiveJournal, but this is part of a series of one-sided information :) - our St. Petersburg editorial office works with these books, this is their specialization, and I’m just usually “not in the know.”
We are currently actively working with new series "Image of Speech". According to our plan, this series will include books contemporary artists, both recognized masters and very young ones; both completely new projects and those reworked by the artist specifically for this series. So, “Nevsky Prospekt” with Mikhail Bychkov, “Journey to Tandadrika” and “About What Cannot Be” with Igor Oleinikov, “Yozhka Goes to School” with Evgeny Antonenkov have already been released.
We currently have two books in preparation: "Candle Girl" by Yulia Gukova And "Magic Hill" by Evgenia Lotsmanova.
For the young artist Evgenia Lotsmanova, this will be only the second published book.
the first one was this one (I think many people noticed it)
So, rare fairy tale G.H. Andersen "Magic Hill"
The illustrations are based on the artist’s thesis work, but significantly revised for this edition.
Drawings in a rare technique today - lithography.
These are just illustrations for now, not a layout.
I don’t know anything else, this is a book from our St. Petersburg editorial office, information will be on the website closer to its release.
Well, you can read a little about the artist here
Home for words and characters
Interview with Evgenia Lotsmanova
“Lithography allows you to experiment with the same sketch, varying colors and refining it in search of the best solution. And there is a beauty in the miraculous nature of the printed picture, which usually turns out a little differently than you expect...”
March 25, Cultural Worker's Day, President Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin presented a graduate of the Moscow State University named after Ivan Fedorov, Evgenia Nikolaevna Lotsmanova, with a prize for her contribution to the development of the Russian art of illustration.
It is very difficult to describe the feeling of joy, comfort, restored childhood that arises when looking at Evgenia’s work. “They smell of the field wind and damp earth, the beasts speak their own languages, everything in them is fun, absurd and strong; like in a real animal game, everything is imbued with healthy animal humor.” She didn’t have to invent her childhood, climb into the abandoned attic of memory for it. It’s right next to her, just stretch out your hand. (I’ll tell you a secret: Zhenya also plays with dolls - in the sense that she makes toys, and you can see them at exhibitions.)
(works are clickable)
The fragile girl works with weighted lithographic plates, dozens of times improving what as a result has become completely weightless - the true art of classical book illustration. The result is masterpieces - shimmering, magical pictures that you can look at for hours and read and re-read, like real fairy tales.
This sorceress is “the bird from Diodorov’s nest.” Her name is Evgenia Nikolaevna Lotsmanova. I think you'll remember this name."
Evgeniya speaks very warmly about her beloved teacher Boris Arkadyevich Diodorov: “He helped me believe in myself, helped me make a life choice in favor of sincere art, sincere creativity - the kind of creativity that my soul asks for.”
Butterflies. "The Magic Hill" by H.H. Andersen
Little Waterman. "Magic Hill"
Evgenia Lotsmanova was born on January 14, 1985 in Kolomna, Moscow region. She graduated from a children's art school and chose the profession of an illustrator. It is no coincidence that drawing was a favorite pastime from early childhood; Evgenia’s maternal relatives were icon painters in the Yegoryevsky district of the Moscow province. In 2007, Evgenia graduated from the Moscow State University of Printing Arts. Winner of a diploma from the Union of Artists of Russia (2010), winner of the competition in the category “Best Children's Edition” at the Great Book Fair (Perm, 2013). Member of the Moscow Union of Artists.
Author of illustrations for the books “Tales of 1001 Nights” (2007), “Magpie Tales” by A.N. Tolstoy (2013), “The Magic Hill” by H.H. Andersen (2014), “Little Forest Tale” by N. Maksimova (2015) . She also created a series of illustrations for Gulliver’s Travels, The Chronicles of Narnia, Tartuffe, and a series of lithographs dedicated to historical places in Russia. Participant in numerous illustration exhibitions, including three personal ones.
Ball. "Magic Hill" (clickable, but better viewed in parts)
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Firebird. "Magic Hill"
Forest maidens. "Magic Hill"
Feast. "Magic Hill"Snow house. Magic Hill"
Mouse. "Magic Hill"
Cloud. "Magic Hill"Elves. "Magic Hill"
Harp. "Magic Hill"
Maximilian Voloshin, a hundred years ago, said this about “Magpie Tales”: “Genuine poetry, like true painting, like true feminine charm, are not accessible to words and definitions, because they themselves are already the final definitions of complex systems of feelings and states..."