The Master and Margarita: Drawings by Gennady Novozhilov

The Master and Margarita:Drawings by Gennady Novozhilov

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Gennady Novozhilov (1936–2007) was a well-known Soviet and Russian artist, animator, writer, and journalist. In 1953, he enrolled in animator courses at Soyuzmultfilm (where, incidentally, Yuriy Norshtein, the author of Hedgehog in the Fog, also studied). Until 1961, he worked actively as an animator. After 1961, he also worked, but only sporadically. Gennady Dmitrievich was best known as an illustrator of literary works. He illustrated works by Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and also the Strugatsky brothers, Voinovich, and, of course, Bulgakov.

By the way, Gennady Novozhilov is considered to be the first artist to illustrate The Master and Margarita.

  • Artwork #1 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • A part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good

    Artwork #2 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • Fagott-Koroviev, the tram turnstile, and Berlioz’s broken glasses

    Artwork #3 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • The Fifth Procurator of Judea

    Artwork #4 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • Ivan Bezdomny making his way into the Griboyedov House restaurant

    Artwork #5 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • This is apparently the Master's basement. And the Master himself strongly resembles Russian poet Pushkin to me

    Artwork #6 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • The administrator Varenukha is being dragged from the Variety Theater to the naughty apartment, to be dealt with by Hella

    Artwork #7 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • Hella reaching for the latch in Rimsky’s office

    Artwork #8 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • Behemoth reading the passport of Uncle Poplavsky, who has arrived from Kyiv

    Artwork #9 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • The mortally wounded Judas

    Artwork #10 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • A longing Margarita

    Artwork #11 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • Margarita riding a broom and Natasha riding Nikolai Ivanovich

    Artwork #12 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • The visit of Matthew Levi to Woland

    Artwork #13 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • Behemoth on the chandelier shooting at the Chekists

    Artwork #14 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • The eternal refuge of the Master and Margarita. A house with Venetian windows in the shade of cherry trees

    Artwork #15 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”

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