In Kiev, died a famous graphic artist and artist Sergei Yakutovich. He was 64 years old. About his death, his relatives told him.

Sergei Yakutovich was born in 1952 in Kiev in the family of artists. His father, George Yakutovich, is an outstanding Ukrainian chart of the middle of the twentieth century, also known for his work in films, in particular the film "The Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" by Sergei Paradzhanov. Mother - Alexandra Pavlovskaya, painter, teacher. Many children's books with her illustrations were published in the publishing house "Rainbow". Taught in the Republican Artistic Secondary School.

In the legacy of the outstanding master illustrations of 160 publications, among which 17 volumes of modern Ukrainian literature, it is also necessary to mention the artist's contribution to the cinema.

Participated as the main artist in the creation of the feature film Yuri Ilenko "Prayer for Hetman Mazepa", TV films "Even as we were Cossacks", "Lost Paradise". In 2005, he joined the large-scale project - the film by Vladimir Bortko "Taras Bulba".

The publication of the novel by Lina Kostenko "Berestechko", illustrated by Sergei Yakutovich, which was published in the publishing house "Libyod", was recognized as the best illustrated and artistically designed book presented at the exhibition in Ashgabat.

In recent years, Yakutovich's illustrations have seen the light of books that have become a significant achievement of national culture, have been widely recognized by fans of book art in Ukraine and abroad. It is reported today. Ua.