Bagram ibatoulline biography of michael
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a novel by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline.
Bagram Ibatoulline is a Russian-born artist who has illustrated numerous books for younger readers written by Philip Booth, Kate DiCamillo, Michelle Houts....
Bagram Ibatoulline
Russian-born artist who has illustrated books for young people
Bagram Ibatoulline is a Russian-born artist who has illustrated numerous books for younger readers written by Philip Booth, Kate DiCamillo, Michelle Houts, Stephen Mitchell, Linda Sue Park, Lois Lowry and others.
His illustrations have been noted in reviews in The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, and other national publications. Maria Russo wrote in 2019 that "Ibatoulline’s realistic watercolors astound and enchant, as always."[1][2][3]
Early life
Ibatoulline was raised in Omsk, and at the age of 15 his family moved from Omsk to Kazan.
After finishing his secondary education there, he spent four years as a student at the Kazan Art School.
Bagram Ibatoulline's haunting color plates and sepia illustrations at the beginning of each chapter evoke the era of Andrew Wyeth, Howard Pyle.He served in the Russian army, and then entered the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow. He emigrated to the United States in 1991. His first book as an illustrator was Crossing (2001); the book is based on a poem by Philip Boo