Ivan Bilibin
(Russian, 16 August [O.S. 4 August] 1876 - 7 February 1942) was a 20th-century illustrator and stage designer who took part in the Mir iskusstva and contributed to the Ballets Russes. Throughout his career, he was inspired by Slavic folklore. Ivan Bilibin was born in a suburb of St. Petersburg. He studied in 1898 at Anton Ažbe Art School in Munich, then under Ilya Repin in St. Peterburg. In 1902-1904 Bilibin travelled in the Russian North, where he became fascinated with old wooden architecture and Russian folklore. He published his findings in the monograph Folk Arts of the Russian North in 1904. Another influence on his art was traditional Japanese prints. Bilibin gained renown in 1899, when he released his illustrations of Russian fairy tales. During the Russian Revolution of 1905, he drew revolutionary cartoons. He was the designer for the 1909 premiere production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel. The October Revolution, however, proved alien to him. After brief stints in Cairo and Alexandria, he settled in Paris in 1925. There he took to decorating private mansions and Orthodox churches. He still longed for his homeland and, after decorating the Soviet Embassy in 1936, he returned to Soviet Russia. He delivered lectures in the Soviet Academy of Arts until 1941. Bilibin died during the Siege of Leningrad.

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Ivan Bilibin Stage-set for the opera The Golden Cockerel 1909 oil painting


Stage-set for the opera The Golden Cockerel 1909
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Painting ID::  94889
Ivan Bilibin
Stage-set for the opera The Golden Cockerel 1909
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Ivan Bilibin Tsar Dadon meets the Shemakha queen oil painting


Tsar Dadon meets the Shemakha queen
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Painting ID::  94916
Ivan Bilibin
Tsar Dadon meets the Shemakha queen
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Ivan Bilibin The Tale of Igor's Campaign oil painting


The Tale of Igor's Campaign
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Painting ID::  94917
Ivan Bilibin
The Tale of Igor's Campaign
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Ivan Bilibin Koschei the Deathless from Marya Morevna 1900 oil painting


Koschei the Deathless from Marya Morevna 1900
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Painting ID::  94918
Ivan Bilibin
Koschei the Deathless from Marya Morevna 1900
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Ivan Bilibin Baba Yaga from Vassilisa the Beautiful 1899 oil painting


Baba Yaga from Vassilisa the Beautiful 1899
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Painting ID::  94919
Ivan Bilibin
Baba Yaga from Vassilisa the Beautiful 1899
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     Ivan Bilibin
     (Russian, 16 August [O.S. 4 August] 1876 - 7 February 1942) was a 20th-century illustrator and stage designer who took part in the Mir iskusstva and contributed to the Ballets Russes. Throughout his career, he was inspired by Slavic folklore. Ivan Bilibin was born in a suburb of St. Petersburg. He studied in 1898 at Anton Ažbe Art School in Munich, then under Ilya Repin in St. Peterburg. In 1902-1904 Bilibin travelled in the Russian North, where he became fascinated with old wooden architecture and Russian folklore. He published his findings in the monograph Folk Arts of the Russian North in 1904. Another influence on his art was traditional Japanese prints. Bilibin gained renown in 1899, when he released his illustrations of Russian fairy tales. During the Russian Revolution of 1905, he drew revolutionary cartoons. He was the designer for the 1909 premiere production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel. The October Revolution, however, proved alien to him. After brief stints in Cairo and Alexandria, he settled in Paris in 1925. There he took to decorating private mansions and Orthodox churches. He still longed for his homeland and, after decorating the Soviet Embassy in 1936, he returned to Soviet Russia. He delivered lectures in the Soviet Academy of Arts until 1941. Bilibin died during the Siege of Leningrad.

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