Died artist Serhiy Yakutovych.
In Kiev, on the night of June 27 on the 65th year of life died a famous Ukrainian artist, Illustrator and graphic artist Serhiy Yakutovych.
It is reported that last years after the death of his wife and son, the artist was seriously ill.
“Sergey Georgievich died tonight in the hospital of Feofania. When the farewell, I don’t know,” said Elena Fadeeva, who for several years cared for the artist.
In the asset Sergei Yakutovich – illustration 160 publications, including 17 volumes of modern Ukrainian literature, he also made a great contribution to cinema. The artist participated in the creation of the film Yuri Ilyenko “Prayer for Hetman Mazepa”, TV films “Even as we were Cossacks”, “Paradise Lost.”
In 2005 he joined a large-scale project – the film by Vladimir Bortko “Taras Bulba”.
And the publication of the novel, Lina Kostenko’s “Berestechko”, illustrated by Yakutovich, which left in publishing house “Lybid”, recognized as the best illustrated and imaginatively designed book, presented at the exhibition in Ashgabat.
In recent years, with illustrations Yakutovich saw the light of the book, which became a significant achievement of the national culture, has received wide acclaim from fans of book art in Ukraine and abroad.
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