Artist

Born 1939

Moscow, Russia

Graphic artist, lithographer

Dilyara Khalilovna is a well-known Moscow graphic artist, speciallising in linocuts and lithography.

She finished the Moscow Polygraphic institute in 1971, and in 1977 she joined the Artists' Union, the graphics section.

In the early years after graduation she worked in the theatre doing stage designs and costumes, and later she started working with Moscow publishing houses as a book illustrator.

The favourite theme is sports, and many of her prints depict cycling, voleyball, fencing, and gymnastics.

 

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