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Evgeny Charushin-biography Evgeny Charushin-Soviet illustrator-animalist, children's writer and sculptor. The son of the Vyatka architect I. Life Evgeny Charushin was not very long, but he managed to leave behind a rich heritage - children's books, illustrated by many generations, illustrated by him. He was one of those creators who, in his view of the world, retained children's spontaneity, simple and understandable love for everything around him.

His good and human art pleases the guys to this day, teaches them to be careful about creatures of nature - animals and birds. Childhood Evgeny Ivanovich was born on October 29 in the city of Vyatka Kirov in the family of the provincial architect I. I. The boy was the long -awaited son, so his children's pranks always remained unpunished, causing only a feeling of tenderness among parents and older sisters.

Six years later, another child was born in the family - Vladimir, but Zhenya remained a favorite and indulgence. The family was wealthy, and the childhood years of the future animalist went in abundance. A warm atmosphere of love and creativity reigned in the house. The father, who built more buildings for various purposes in the Vyatka province, occupied a solid position in society and could allow the family to live in a large house.

There were many books in their home, cells with singing birds and aquariums with fish, and the courtyard contained hunting dogs and horses. Evgeny’s mother in his youth was known as a skilled rider, but because of the injury she had to leave her favorite pastime. Having given birth to children, she devoted herself to the care of them and the care of garden and greenhouse plants.

Evgeny Charushin in childhood to the present day has survived the memories of loved ones Evgeny Ivanovich, about how influence nature had on his development. For example, he learned to swim, grabbing the tails of the cows crossing the river, and he began to pronounce the unfinished letter “P”, mimicking the crow's croaking. The boy always painted - for him it was as familiar as to breathe and speak.

Although in family photos, Charushin Jr. looks serious, he was actually a joker and a prankster. From the age of 6, the boy studied at the Vyatka commercial school, where the emphasis was placed on art education.

The future artist here showed himself a notorious hut, but his natural charm and success in his studies forced him to forgive everything. And even when he and the guys made a blow of the stove, the leadership of the educational institution closed their eyes on this. Of course, the fact that Zhenya’s father at that moment built new buildings of the school played a decisive role.

The patience of the teachers burst when the freedom committed sacrilege over the book about the Law of God, drawing causal places for images of angels. The bully was transferred to another gymnasium, where he met a friend of the whole life of Yuri Vasnetsov, a distant relative of the famous artist. Young people hunted together, played sports, and later founded a group of artists Sopocud.

Having received secondary education, Charushin mobilized and ended up in the 3rd Army of the Eastern Front, where he worked as an artist-former of the political department. Evgeny Charushin in his youth in the year the guy entered the Petrograd Academy of Arts, where Yura Vasnetsov was already studying at that time. The opponent of the system, the hate of the canons, Eugene believed that the prestigious forge of painters gave him almost nothing.

He learned much greater benefit from visits to the zoo, where he painted animals from nature. After graduating from the Academy, Charushin worked for some time, making out signs for Nepov merchants. They learned about the talented artist, and they began to invite him to issue publications with the works of Maxim Gorky, Korney Chukovsky and Mikhail Prishvin. One of the most famous works by the animalist is the portraits of the characters of the book “Baby in the Cage” Samuel Yakovlevich Marshak.

Most often, Charushin worked in his favorite technique - lithography. The image of the environment in which the animals was located was ignored by the illustrator. Such was the handwriting of the famous artist - he always resisted standard techniques. Favorite animalist theme had to be left temporarily - martial law made its adjustments. The illustrator issued the performances of the local drama theater, painted for the collections “Battle Days” and “The Science of Hate”, wrote posters on partisan themes, made a painting in Kirov buildings.

Charushin worked closely with the Leningrad Porcelain Plant, not only inventing images for painting, but also inventing ways to apply them to finished products. After the end of the war, he was fond of modeling miniature figures of animals. Evgeny Charushin in the creative process to write his own works, Evgeny Ivanovich began, listening to the council of Marshak, and the story “Schur” was his prosaic debut.

In almost all the stories and fairy tales he wrote, animals became heroes, and the plot was always kind and with a prosperous ending. A faithful friend of Charushin writer was thin humor, and a favorite trick-imitation of the sounds of animals and birds. The story of Evgeny Charushin "Schur" edition of G.Composing prose, the artist often deviated from the literary language and accepted stylistic canons, using jargonisms and vulgarisms.

His works seemed to be not invented, but experienced by the author himself. Evgeny Ivanovich did not portray the animal world like the world of two -legged ones, rejecting such a technique as anthropomorphism. The artist represented each living creature as a mystery, conveying mystery to the lack of clear outlines and a slightly blurry image. The strokes and spots without a contour are a peculiar manner of Charushin, a kind of animalistic impressionism.

They may be familiar.