The Master and Margarita: Drawings by Sergey Mosienko

The Master and Margarita:Drawings by Sergey Mosienko

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In 1998, the Novosibirsk Book Publishing House published the novel with illustrations by Sergey Sergeevich Mosienko, a graphic artist and a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR and Russia. However, there were only four drawings for the entire novel (well, five, if you count the portrait of Woland on the cover). Here are these works.

  • And the ghost, passing through the opening of the trumeau mirror, entered the veranda without hindrance. Here everyone saw that it was no ghost at all, but Ivan Nikolaevich Homeless, a most famous poet.

    Artwork #1 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • The fur on the black cat stood on end, and he let out a soul-rending meow. Then he bunched up and, like a panther, lunged right onto Bengalsky's chest, and from there leaped onto his head. Purring, the cat gripped the master of ceremonies' thin hair with his plump paws and, howling wildly, tore this head from his full neck in two twists.

    Artwork #2 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • Now he sighed, now he raised his eyes to the sky in unbearable agony, watching the three vultures that had long been circling high above in anticipation of a quick feast.

    Artwork #3 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • “I added a bathtub...” shouted the bloody Mogarych, chattering his teeth, and in horror he babbled some nonsense, “just whitewash... copper sulfate...”

    “Well, it's a good thing you added a bathtub,” Azazello said approvingly, “he needs to take baths,” and he shouted, “Out!”

    Then Mogarych was turned upside down and carried out of Woland's bedroom through the open window.

    Artwork #4 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”
  • And a portrait of Woland from the book's cover

    Artwork #5 | Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”

And there's much more to see!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the illustrations