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Ivan Bilibin

Иван Билибин

Ivan Bilibin

Portrait of Ivan Bilibin - Boris Kustodiev

Born: 16 August 1876; St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Died: 07 February 1942; St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Field: painting, design, illustration

Nationality: Russian

Art Movement: Art Nouveau

School or Group: Mir Iskusstva (World of Art)

Genre: illustration, design

Wikipedia article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bilibin

Featured Artworks

Judgment during the Russian Pravda, 1890
Illustration for the front cover of the book in the series "Tales", 1899
Baba Yaga. Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful", 1900
Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905
King of the seas, 1911
Cake-city, 1912
Stepan Razin, 1935
The Death of Ivan the Terrible, 1935
Illustration for The Tale of Igor's Campaign
Judgement. Sketch of murals for of the church of the Assumption in Olshany

Artworks by Style

Art Nouveau (Modern)

Judgment during the Russian Pravda, 1890
Illustration for the front cover of the book in the series "Tales", 1899
Red Rider. Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful", 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess", 1899

Artworks by Series

Bogatyrs

Alyosha Popovich, 1902
Churilo Plenkovich, 1902
Dobrynya Nikitich, 1902
Feast of Prince Vladimir, 1902
Ilya Muromets, 1902
Mihajlo Potyk, 1902
Wonderful hero Bova Korolevich, 1911

Vasilisa the Beautiful

Red Rider. Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful", 1899
Baba Yaga. Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful", 1900
Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful", 1900
Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful", 1900
Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful", 1900
Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful", 1900
Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful", 1900
Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful"
Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful"
Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful"

Volga

Illustration for the epic "Volga", 1902
Bogatyr Volga. Illustration for the epic "Volga", 1903
Illustration for the epic "Volga", 1904
Illustration for the epic "Volga and Mikula", 1913
Falcon. Illustration for the epic "Volga", 1927
Underwater. Illustration for the epic "Volga", 1928
Illustration for the epic "Volga and Mikula", 1940

Boris Godunov

Sketch for the opera "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky, 1930
Boyar. Costume design for the opera "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky
Boyar. Costume design for the opera "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky
Tsarevitch. Costume design for the opera "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky

Ruslan and Ludmilla

Castle of Naina. Sketches of scenery for Mikhail Glinka's "Ruslan and Ludmilla"., 1900
Cave Finn. Opera Ruslan and Lyudmila, 1900
Palace of Chernomor. Sketches of scenery for Mikhail Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmilla, 1900
The opera "Ruslan and Ludmila", 1900

Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan

Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905
Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905
Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905
Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905
Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905
Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905
Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905
Merchants. Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905
Costume design for the Opera "Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1936
Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1937

Prince Igor

Costume design for the Opera "Prince Igor" by Alexander Borodin, 1929
Costume design for the Opera "Prince Igor" by Alexander Borodin, 1930
Costume design for the Opera "Prince Igor" by Alexander Borodin, 1930

The Tale of the Golden Cockerel

Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906
Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906
Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906
Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906
Costume design for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1908
Costume design for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1908
Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1908
Costume design for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909
Costume design for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909
Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909
Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909
Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1910

Ilya Muromets

Illustration for the epic "Ilya Muromets and Svyatogor's wife", 1912
Illustration for the epic "Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber", 1940
Illustration for the epic "Ilya Muromets and Svyatogor", 1940

illustrations of the Arabian tales

Illustration for the fairytale "Magic Carpet"
Illustration for the fairytale "Sinbad the Sailor"

White duck

Illustration for the fairytale "White duck", 1902
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "White duck", 1902
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "White duck", 1902
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "White duck", 1902
Princess in the prison tower. Illustration of the Russian fairy tale "The White duck", 1902
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "White duck"

The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish

Illustration for the poem "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" by Alexander Pushkin, 1908
Illustration for the poem "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" by Alexander Pushkin, 1908
Illustration for the poem "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" by Alexander Pushkin
Illustration for the poem "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" by Alexander Pushkin

Feather Of Finist Falcon

Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Feather Of Finist Falcon", 1900
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Feather Of Finist Falcon"
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Feather Of Finist Falcon"
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Feather Of Finist Falcon"
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Feather Of Finist Falcon"
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Feather Of Finist Falcon"
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Feather Of Finist Falcon"
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Feather Of Finist Falcon"

Maria Morevna

Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Maria Morevna", 1900
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Maria Morevna", 1900
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Maria Morevna", 1900
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Maria Morevna", 1900
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Maria Morevna", 1900
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Maria Morevna", 1900
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Maria Morevna", 1900
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Maria Morevna", 1900

Salt

Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Salt", 1900

Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka

Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka", 1901
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka", 1901
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka", 1901
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka", 1901

The Frog Princess

Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess", 1899
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess", 1899
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess", 1899
The Prince and the Frog, 1900
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess", 1901
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess", 1901
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess", 1930
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess"
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess"

Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf

Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899

The Golden Cockere

Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909
Sketch for the opera, 'The Golden Cockerel', by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909

Honor and Revenge

Sketch for the spectacle, Honor and Revenge, by Fiodor Sollogub, 1908
Sketch for the spectacle, Honor and Revenge, by Fiodor Sollogub, 1908

Sadko

Sketches of scenery for Sadko by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1914
Sketches of scenery for Sadko by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1914

St. Prince Vladimir

St. Prince Vladimir, 1926
St. Prince Vladimir, 1926
St. Prince Vladimir, 1926

The peoples of Russian northern provinces

Vologda girl in holiday dress, 1905
Vologda girl in holiday dress

Artworks by Genre

history painting

Judgment during the Russian Pravda, 1890
Prince Andrew Bogolyubskii, 1926
St. Prince Vladimir, 1926
St. Prince Vladimir, 1926
St. Prince Vladimir, 1926
Kulikov Battle, 1935
Stepan Razin, 1935
The Death of Ivan the Terrible, 1935
The Streltsy Uprising, 1936

religious painting

Resurrection of Christ. The sketch for the fresco of the church of the Assumption in Olshany, 1900
Blessing of the Knight, 1920
Saints Boris and Gleb on the ship
Judgement. Sketch of murals for of the church of the Assumption in Olshany
Judgement. Sketch of murals for of the church of the Assumption in Olshany
Archangel Michael. Mosaic on the north side of the Church of the Virgin Uspeniya in Olshany
Boris and Gleb
Christmas and other holy scene of the life of Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary. Sketch of murals for the south wall of the church of the Assumption in Olshany

illustration

Illustration for the front cover of the book in the series "Tales", 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf, 1899
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess", 1899
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess", 1899
Illustration for the Russian Fairy Story "The Frog Princess", 1899

genre painting

Deer stalking, 1931

portrait

Fellah, 1922
Portrait of Lyudmila Chirikova, 1922
Boy fellah, 1923

cityscape

Courtyard of Al-Azhar mosque and university complex in Cairo, 1900
A street in Cairo, 1921

landscape

Spring, 1900
Creek in winter, 1915
Crimea. Mountains, 1916
Creek, 1917
Winter, 1917
Crimea. Old juniper, 1918
Crimea. Baidar Valley, 1918
Egypt. Pyramids, 1924
Monastery of St. George Hosevita. Palestine, 1924
Big Pine, 1929
Olive Trees, 1929
Provence. Pines on the shore, 1929

design

Cave Finn. Opera Ruslan and Lyudmila, 1900
Palace of Chernomor. Sketches of scenery for Mikhail Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmilla, 1900
The opera "Ruslan and Ludmila", 1900
Sketch for the spectacle, The action of Theophile, 1907
Costume design for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1908
Costume design for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1908
Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1908
Sketch for the spectacle, Honor and Revenge, by Fiodor Sollogub, 1908
Sketch for the spectacle, Honor and Revenge, by Fiodor Sollogub, 1908
Costume design for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909
Costume design for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909
Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909

poster

Rooster, 1900
Postcard Happy Angel, 1900
Postcard Happy Easter, 1900
Moscow, 1900
Fragrances Russian boyars partnership Palle & Co., 1900
At the well, 1901
Mihajlo Potyk, 1902
Ilya Muromets, 1902
Churilo Plenkovich, 1902
Alyosha Popovich, 1902
Feast of Prince Vladimir, 1902
Dobrynya Nikitich, 1902

Artworks by Technique

gouache

Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909

lithography

The Prince and the Frog, 1900
Prince Ivan and the Firebird, illustration for the Russian Fairy Story 'The Firebird', 1901
Illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 'Fairytale of the Tsar Saltan', 1905
Sketch for the opera, 'The Golden Cockerel', by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909
Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin

watercolor

Sketch for the Opera, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1909

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