On March 5, Honoured Artist of Russia Andrey Alexandrovich Kharshak and his wife – well-known artist Natalya Igorevna Kornilova, representative of the most interesting art dynasty of St. Petersburg, visited the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes.
Andrey Alexandrovich Kharshak was born in 1950. He is a well-known illustrator. Many people have read the books of A. Grin, A. Tolstoy with his illustrations. His most famous works are cycles of illustrations for the novels “The Master and Margarita” of M. Bulgakov and “Crime and Punishment” of F. Dostoevsky.
Natalya Igorevna Kornilova is a daughter of the designer and architect Igor Petrovich Kornilov (1926-1987) and a granddaughter of the art historian Pyotr Yevgenievich Kornilov (1896-1981). Natalya is a renowned graphic artist. Her works are kept in the State Russian Museum and many other famous collections of our country and abroad.
The guests signed the distinguished visitors’ book: “After 40 years, with delight a new meeting with Ferapontovo on a winter day, when it is 30 degrees below zero, with many thanks for everybody who preserves treasure. N. Kornilova, A. Kharshak”.
