Mai Miturich IV

"Peter Pan" Illustrator Mai Miturich Author James Matthew Barrie Translation Boris Zakhoder Country Soviet Union , published in Russia in 1971. 

Mai Miturich III

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland " by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Mai Miturich Translated by A.Scherbakov, Russia, 1977. As you can probably tell by the amount of illustrations I am sharing here I absolutely adore this work and I hope you are enjoying them as much as I am, so pleased to have discovered Mai Miturich's works. 

Mai Miturich II

Mai Miturich's (1925-2008) illustrations for Kudasheva, R. Petushok's 1968 book 'The Cockerel' (PETUSHOK ПЕТУШОК). For me this is heavenly, I love the colour, but even more I adore the watercolour line work, again it is a pamphlet book, soft and magazine like. I feel it is really important to preserve these works whether in hard copy, electronically or in the case of this book in both forms.

Mai Miturich I

Illustrations by Mai Miturich (1925-2008) for the book, 'Forest Homes' written by Vitaly Bianki (1894-1959) for 'Forest Homes' published in 1979.

Mai Miturich (what a gentle looking soul!) was born to a family of artists in Moscow 1925. His
mother was Khlebnikova Vera Vladimirovna (1891-1941) a painter and sister of the famous poet Velimir Khlebnikov. His father was Miturich Peter Vasilyevich (1887-1956) also a painter and draftsman. Mai Miturich has incredible brush work and because of this quality often resembles Japanese paintings. 

The illustrations for 'Forest Homes' are beautifully observed nature studies. As I research further into children's books of the mid twentieth century I am struck how much more engaged with nature they are and how they are in turn enhancing children's love and understanding of the natural world.