Vladimir Favorsky

Vladimir Andreyevich Favorsky (Russian: Владимир Андреевич Фаворский; March 14, 1886 – December 29, 1964) was a Soviet graphic artist, woodcut illustrator, painter, art critic, muralist, and teacher.

[1] Favorsky was born on March 14, 1886, in Moscow, Russian Empire.

His father, Andrei Evgrafovich Favorsky (1843–1926) was a prominent lawyer and member of the Imperial Russian Duma (Parliament).

Among Favorsky's scores are the artwork for The Tale of Igor's Campaign, Dante's La Vita Nuova, Shakespeare's The Twelfth Night and The Sonnets, Pushkin's Boris Godunov and Little Tragedies  [ru], 1830, and Anatole France's Les Opinions de Jérôme Coignard.

[1] He taught at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture; one of his notable students was Sattar Bahlulzade.