Andrei SimanchukAndrei Simanchuk was born in 1962 into an artistic family: his mother was a journalist, his father a writer, and Andrei himself turned out to be drawn to the visual arts. Evidently, as a result of this synergy between the printed word and visual art, Andrei found his calling in the field of book illustration.
He caught our attention because he created a series of works for the novel The Master and Margarita. The illustrated book was even published, but… all the illustrations ended up being printed in black and white. Now, I understand perfectly well the high production costs of book printing, but I still consider such economizing in matters like this a crime against humanity. In any case, we must console ourselves with the fact that without this book we might never have known about Andrei Simanchuk’s illustrations at all — they can be found online primarily as scans from that very edition. Still, a few color works are available to us.
A portrait of the writer, gazing at the viewer with touching expression
Woland, looking at the viewer with very different emotions
Ivanushka Homeless catching the consultant. One of the tables behind him could, if one wishes, be read as a halo
Financial director Rimskiy, his hair turned white and standing on end, shielding himself with a briefcase from the vampire
Matthew Levi, who did not manage to save the teacher
Woland gazes upon Moscow from the roof of the Pashkov House
The demons depart from Moscow
