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Gennady Spirin is a Russian painter and children’s book illustrator. A graduate of the Surikov School of Fine Art in Moscow and the Moscow Stroganov Institute of Art, he is noted for his unique style of watercolor illustration.
He has illustrated works by classic authors such as William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, and Leo Tolstoy as well as children’s books by contemporary celebrities. He is perhaps best known for his illustration of Madonna’s Yakov and the Seven Thieves and Julie Andrews’ Simeon’s Gift. His oil paintings hang in public and private galleries throughout the world.
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992, Gennady immigrated with his wife and sons to the United States, ultimately settling in Princeton, New Jersey, where he has lived and worked since.