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Books page for Nicolas Mordvinoff ((1911 - 1973)), known for Children's book illustration, cartoons, portrait and figure painting. Showing 7 books.
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1911 St. Petersburg, Russia - 1973 Hampton, New Jersey. Known for: Children's book illustration, cartoons, portrait and figure painting.
Nicolas Mordvinoff 1911-1973. Mordvinoff was born on Sept. 27, 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia, but his family fled to Finland and then France during the Russian Revolution. While a student at the... Read full biography
Nicolas Mordvinoff 1911-1973. Mordvinoff was born on Sept. 27, 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia, but his family fled to Finland and then France during the Russian Revolution. While a student at the University of Paris, he contributed cartoons and illustrations to various French magazines and... Read full biography
Nicolas Mordvinoff 1911-1973. Mordvinoff was born on Sept. 27, 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia, but his family fled to Finland and then France during the Russian Revolution. While a student at the University of Paris, he contributed cartoons and illustrations to various French magazines and newspapers. He left for the South Pacific in 1934 and spent the next thirteen years island-hopping and developing his artistic talent. Tourists and islanders alike bought his paintings, sometimes paying for... Read full biography
Nicolas Mordvinoff 1911-1973. Mordvinoff was born on Sept. 27, 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia, but his family fled to Finland and then France during the Russian Revolution. While a student at the University of Paris, he contributed cartoons and illustrations to various French magazines and newspapers. He left for the South Pacific in 1934 and spent the next thirteen years island-hopping and developing his artistic talent. Tourists and islanders alike bought his paintings, sometimes paying for them with pearls. While in Tahiti, Mordvinoff met U.S. author William S. Stone and created the pictures for his books Thunder Island (1942), Pepe Was the Saddest Bird (1944), and Ship of Flame (1945). Mordvinoff moved to the United States in 1946,... Read full biography
Nicolas Mordvinoff 1911-1973. Mordvinoff was born on Sept. 27, 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia, but his family fled to Finland and then France during the Russian Revolution. While a student at the University of Paris, he contributed cartoons and illustrations to various French magazines and newspapers. He left for the South Pacific in 1934 and spent the next thirteen years island-hopping and developing his artistic talent. Tourists and islanders alike bought his paintings, sometimes paying for them with pearls. While in Tahiti, Mordvinoff met U.S. author William S. Stone and created the pictures for his books Thunder Island (1942), Pepe Was the Saddest Bird (1944), and Ship of Flame (1945). Mordvinoff moved to the United States in 1946, and became a naturalized citizen in 1952. He married Barbara Ellis in 1956, and they had three children... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesFinder's Keepers
1989Lipkind, Will (Author) and Nicolas Mordvinoff (Illustrator)32 pages (color)American Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within
1976Bader, Barbara615 pages (color)The Little Tiny Rooster
1960Lipkind, William (Author) and Nicolas Mordvinoff (Illustrator)32 pages (color)Alphonse, That Bearded One
1954Carlson, Natalie S. (Author)) and Nicolas Mordvinoff (Illustrator)0 pages (color)