- Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky
Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky (
December 24 ,1891 –October 12 ,1970 ), also known as Rojan, was a Russian émigré illustrator. He is best known for his illustrations forchildren's books , and conversely, for his erotic illustrations.Biography
Born in
Mitava, Russia , Rojankovsky was educated at theMoscow Fine Arts Academy and served in the Russian Army during WWI. Soon afterward, he moved to France and studied underEsther Averill . In 1941, he moved to the US and began a career of illustrating more than a hundred books, most having to do with animals and/or nature. Rojankovsky also wrote books, a good example being "The Great Big Animal Book", published in 1952. He was awarded the 1956Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in the book "Frog Went A-Courtin'".Quote
"Two great events determined the course of my childhood. I was taken to the zoo and saw the most marvelous creatures on earth: bears, tigers, monkeys and reindeer, and, while my admiration was running high, I was given a set of color crayons. Naturally, I began immediately to depict the animals which captured my imagination. Also when my elder brothers, who were in schools in the capital, came home for vacation, I tried to copy their drawings and to imitate their paintings."
External links
* [http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9334861 Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky] , "
Britannica Student Encyclopedia ".
* [http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG0834f.html?DG0834b.html Feodor Rojankovsky Papers] , de Grummond Children's Literature Collection,The University of Southern Mississippi .
* [http://www.thesantis.com/who_who/illustrators___authors.htm Illustrator's Page] – includes biographical material about Rojankovsky.
* [http://www.fulltable.com/VTS/aoi/r/roja/r.htm The Alphabet of Illustrators: Feodor Rojankovsky]
* [http://belladia.typepad.com/bella_dia/2005/01/feodor_rojankov.html Feodor Rojankovsky] , "Bella Dia", January 21, 2005.
* [http://www.everypicture.com/artists/271/1/feodor-rojankovsky.html Images from "The Big Elephant"]
* [http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/brthpage/12dec/12-24rojan.html Rojankovsky at the Children's Literature Network]
* [http://www.eroticprints.org/rojanparisspring.asp Images from "Paris Spring"] "Warning: contains explicit pornographic content"
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