Died artist and designer Ekaterina Belyavskaya

Artist, designer and illustrator Ekaterina Belyavskaya died at the age of 45 on Saturday, October 17. This was reported by TASS in the family of the artist.

“Today Katya was gone,” said the Agency interlocutor.

According to TASS, Belyavskaya died from a hemorrhagic stroke that caused a bleeding in the brain.

RBC appealed for comments to representatives of Belyavskaya.

Farewell to the artist will be held on October 20 at 12:00 GMT in the hall of the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow. According to TASS, Belyavskaya will be buried on the family plot next to her father Yuri Belyavsky, the former editor-in-chief of the newspaper Kultura.

Ekaterina Belyavskaya is a Moscow artist, illustrator and designer. In 1997, she entered Moscow State University of Press and later studied at Saint Martin College in London. Among her mentors were artists Boris Diodorov and Leonid Vladimirsky. Belyavskaya was included in the list of the best contemporary artists of Russia according to the Art-Index art rating, became a finalist of the Kandinsky Prize, and her paintings were sold as part of a special project of the auction house Sotheby’s.

Belyavskaya illustrated children's and adult books, collaborated with the publishing houses "AST" and "Eksmo", created scenery for television programs and worked on the series "And in our yard." Among her paintings are “Cosmic Antoinette or the Rococo Universe”, “Point Nemo”, “Union – Apollo” and “13 Orchids for Empress Tsi”. In 2017, her illustrations decorated Moscow for the New Year holidays and the metro train. The artist also created paintings for the Hadassah clinic in Skolkovo and metaphorical maps for art therapy.

Belyavskaya’s works were distinguished by bright colors, an abundance of details and references to history, literature and mythology. Her works were exhibited in Russia, Europe and the United States, as well as participated in international art fairs Art Basel and Cosmoscow. The artist’s paintings are present in private collections around the world.