A graduate of the
Odessa Art College and the
Repin Insitute of Painting, Sculpture
and Architecture in
St.Petersburg, Anatoly Slepkov graduated in 1969 with distinction. The
subject of his diploma work was illustrations to
Alexander Pushkin’s tragedy
Boris Godunov, which were later acquired by the
All-Union Pushkin Museum. From
1970-74 he taught drawing and composition at the Repin Institute and has
since 1972 been a member of the Union
of Russian Artists. He has since forged a successful career as
a book illustrator, having illustrated a number of Russian and foreign
language works of literature as well as familiar books for children.