Comments on: Gennady Spirin

By: Jayr Pulga

Jayr Pulga — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:37:33 +0000

I’m always mesmerized by his work. Brilliant technique and design that renders so much mystery and atmosphere! So many great books. ‘Once There Was a Tree’ is an old one but still on of my favorites. The cover to ‘The Frog Princess’ was the first piece I saw by him ( Society of Illustrators Annual in the mid-late 90′s): Only wish I could have seen the original. His all-around masterpiece maybe ‘The Nutcracker’, but it’s a tough call.

Thanks for the post!

By: buffalo kaplinski

buffalo kaplinski — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:02:51 +0000

GENNADY SPIRIN is AN ARTIST’S ARTIST ! WOW his WORK KNOCKS me out ! i don’t know when viewers look at his work that they realize how much training , creativety ,drawing skills, color , & craftsmanship are MOST EXCELLENT in his WORK !all i can say is WOW !! & PRAISE THE LORD for GENNADY SPIRIN

By: Stephen Henderson

Stephen Henderson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:36 +0000

No problem, plenty of used copies there, thanks.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:50:57 +0000

Little Mermaids. Unfortunately, I don't know if it's in print.

By: Stephen Henderson

Stephen Henderson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:14:04 +0000

Do you know what book (or if it is from a
book) the top image is from? That is beautiful!

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:13:20 +0000

Thanks, Tat! I’ve added the links to both posts.

By: Tat

Tat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:44:46 +0000

Also, you asked in the linked post about more information on Dugins, Olga and Andrej. One old site, of the times they lived in Germany, is here. Another, with the post and some illustrations about Dugins and Spirin (he's their friend) -here.

By: Tat

Tat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:12:37 +0000

I search by the artist' name in Russian and found series of posts about him in this LiveJournal, with many excellent illustrations (check them under the fold).