Yuri Pavlovich Shvets

Yuri Pavlovich Shvets (Russian: Юрий Павлович Швец; born in Poltava 1902 – 1972) was a Soviet cinematic artist, famous for art and scenery especially of fantasy and science-fiction films.

As a youth, Shvets held several jobs, then studied at and graduated from both the Music and Drama Institute of Mykola Lysenko and the Arts Institute in Kiev[1] .[2]

The scientific accuracy of Shvets' work was praised by the Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky when the two met in 1934.[1]

Shvets did artwork for over fifty films,[1] including:

(1935) Kosmicheskiy reys (Cosmic Journey or Space flight)
(1935) Novii Gulliver (The New Gulliver)
(1959) Nebo Zovyot (The Sky Calls)
(1951) Вселенная (Universe)
(1965) Luna (Moon)
(1968) Марс (Mars)

References

И. Ломакина (1975):Валерий Кленов НА ПОДХОДАХ К ЖАНРУ at Fandom.ru, reproduced from Техника-молодежи.- ╧ 4.- С. 40-42.
В. Кленов (1981): ЗОЛОТЫЕ ЯБЛОКИ И ПРОСПЕКТ ГАГАРИНА НА ЛУНЕ У истоков космической живописи at Fandom.ru, reproduced from Техника-молодежи.- ╧ 5.- С. 10-11, 21.

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[Lomakin-1] И. Ломакина (1975):Валерий Кленов НА ПОДХОДАХ К ЖАНРУ at Fandom.ru, reproduced from Техника-молодежи.- ╧ 4.- С. 40-42.

[Klenov-2] В. Кленов (1981): ЗОЛОТЫЕ ЯБЛОКИ И ПРОСПЕКТ ГАГАРИНА НА ЛУНЕ У истоков космической живописи at Fandom.ru, reproduced from Техника-молодежи.- ╧ 5.- С. 10-11, 21.