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Bilibin Ivan Yakovlevich is a Russian painter, the author of many paintings, graphic drawings and vivid illustrations for Russian folk tales, legends and epics. In addition, he was engaged in the design of theatrical productions. Ivan Bilibin's illustrations for fairy tales are especially unique and colorful, as they are created in a unique manner.

Path to creativity

Then he went to Munich, where he studied in the studio of the then popular artist Anton Ashbe. Upon graduation, he returned to his homeland, to his beloved St. Petersburg, where he continued his studies in the art of painting with Ilya Efimovich Repin himself.

The expression "Russian folk tale" - no doubt - gives rise in the fantasies and understanding of a person to a terrible and terrible Baba Yaga in a mortar, the beautiful Vasilisa and Ivan Tsarevich.

Yes, this is certainly true, because they were born and cut into the memory of many generations, thanks to the imagination, work and artistic skill of the Russian painter - Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin. Without exception, all his paintings are imbued with the spirit of modernism and love for their land, its culture, rituals and legends.

For my short life Ivan Bilibin created many paintings, but among them, of course, the most notable works which are appreciated all over the world. Below are the most famous paintings-illustrations of Bilibin for fairy tales and epics.

"Ivan Tsarevich and the Firebird" (1899), to the fairy tale "Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf"

True magic is this Firebird, unlike the others. It is this bird that Ivan Tsarevich manages to watch for and grab by the tail (as luck). But still it is not possible to catch it, only the feather of a marvelous bird remains in the hand. This canvas combines tangible images and important ideas, thanks to which the picture is filled with great meaning.

"Vasilisa the Beautiful leaves the house of Baba Yaga" (1899), to the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful"

The picture shows a completely different side of the evil Baba Yaga, which, despite its disposition, still helps beautiful Vasilisa in her daily work and problems. The picture has a large number of bright colors, in addition, the unity of man with mother nature is proportionally represented.

"Baba Yaga" (1900), to the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful"

In this picture, the image of the evil Baba Yaga is displayed in a mortar that flies above the ground itself. Such an image testifies to the mundane beliefs of the people of that time. In addition, the image of the old Yaga is symbolic, because in her hand is a broom, with which at that time many beliefs of the Russian people were associated.

“Once upon a time there was a king” (1900), to the fairy tale “The Frog Princess”

The Russian Tsar is the Russian soul. The whole scene is filled with brilliant color and embellished with numerous shades, resulting in a pleasant inner harmony.

“Ivan Tsarevich is a good fellow and his three sisters” (1901), to the fairy tale “Marya Morevna”

It can be seen with the naked eye that the artist created this canvas based on old Russian manuscripts. The result was a beautiful picture that continues to delight our contemporaries with its beauty.

"Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka" (1901), to the fairy tale of the same name

Here everything starts with the beauty of the Russian land. Landscape, nature, flora and fauna - a whole ensemble is depicted on this canvas, against which the brother and sister, the main characters of the fairy tale plot. Thus the master expresses his love for home country, its nature, history and culture.

"Volga with a squad" (1903), to the epic "Volga"

The central plot of this canvas was Russian life in ancient times and the struggle of the Russian people for the right to be free. Ornamental wealth is striking and remains relevant even today.

“During the whole conversation he stood behind the fence” (1904), to “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”

This illustration for the fairy tale shows the individuality and dissimilarity of Bilibin's style to the work of other authors. Tsar Saltan is endowed with individual qualities, a complaisant disposition and a special soul. The picture impresses with an abundance of ornaments and ancient Russian patterns that adorn even the smallest parts of the canvas.

Stargazer before Dadon (1906), to The Tale of the Golden Cockerel

uneasy plot composition, which has its own character and a special color of illustrations. It is noticeable that every detail is worked out by the artist, therefore it is inimitable and unique. All the characters in the picture are pronounced, which makes the canvas much more natural.

Archer in front of the king and retinue (1919), to the fairy tale “Go there - I don’t know where”

A real Russian plot, vividly reflecting the whole depth of the Russian soul, the culture of the Russian people, their traditions and foundations of that time. This canvas is filled with a huge amount of colors, so it looks like a single whole.

Without exception, all illustrations by Ivan Bilibin are filled with meaning and unique graphics, have their own structure and special mood. From real and real ornaments, as well as detailed details, the artist created a half real, half fictional world. In addition to the above illustrations, the wonderful Russian artist Bilibin Ivan Yakovlevich also created a huge number of different illustrations for fairy tales. Great Rus' and her epics.

Alyonushka and Ivanushka were left alone.

Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman, they had a daughter, Alyonushka, and a son, Ivanushka.

The old man and the old woman died. Alyonushka and Ivanushka were left alone.

Alyonushka went to work and took her brother with her.

They go along a long way, across a wide field, and Ivanushka wants to drink.

— Sister Alyonushka, I'm thirsty!

— Wait, brother, we will reach the well.

We walked and walked - the sun is high, the well is far away, the heat is pestering, the sweat comes out. There is a cow's hoof full of water.

“Sister Alyonushka, I’ll take a sip from a hoof!”

“Do not drink, brother, you will become a calf!”

The sun is high, the well is far away, the heat is pestering, sweat comes out. There is a horse's hoof full of water.

— Sister Alyonushka, I'll get drunk from a hoof!

“Do not drink, brother, you will become a foal!”

The sun is high, the well is far away, the heat is pestering, sweat comes out. There is a goat's hoof full of water.

Ivanushka says:

“Sister Alyonushka, there’s no urine: I’ll get drunk from a hoof!”

— Don't drink, brother, you'll become a kid!

Got drunk and became a goat...

Alyonushka calls her brother, and instead of Ivanushka, a little white kid runs after her.

Alyonushka burst into tears, sat down under the stack - crying, and the little goat jumped beside her.

At that time, a merchant was driving by:

— What are you crying about, little red maiden?

Alyonushka told him about her misfortune.

The merchant says to her:

— Marry me. I will dress you in gold and silver, and the kid will live with us.

Alyonushka thought and thought and married the merchant.

They began to live, live, and the kid lives with them, eats and drinks with Alyonushka from one cup.

Once the merchant was not at home. Out of nowhere, a witch comes: she stood under Alyonushkino's window and so affectionately began to call her to swim in the river.

The witch brought Alyonushka to the river. She rushed at her, tied a stone around Alyonushka's neck and threw it into the water.

And she herself turned into Alyonushka, dressed up in her dress and came to her mansions. Nobody recognized the witch. The merchant returned - and he did not recognize.

One kid knew everything. He hung his head, does not drink, does not eat. In the morning and in the evening he walks along the bank near the water and calls:

- Alyonushka, my sister! ..

Swim out, swim out to the shore...

The witch found out about this and began to ask her husband - slaughter and slaughter the kid ...

The merchant felt sorry for the kid, he got used to him. And the witch pesters like that, begs like that, - there is nothing to do, the merchant agreed:

“Well, stab him...

The witch ordered to build high fires, heat cast-iron boilers, sharpen damask knives.

The little kid found out that he did not have long to live, and said to the named father:

“Before I die, let me go to the river, drink some water, rinse the intestines.

— Well, go.

The kid ran to the river, stood on the shore and cried plaintively:

— Alyonushka, my sister!

Swim, swim to the shore.

Bonfires are burning high

Boilers boil cast iron,

Knives sharpen damask,

They want to kill me!

Alyonushka from the river answers him:

— Ah, my brother Ivanushka!

A heavy stone pulls to the bottom,

Silk grass tangled my legs,

Yellow sands lay on the chest.

And the witch is looking for a goatling, cannot find it, and sends a servant:

— Go find the kid, bring him to me.

The servant went to the river and saw: a goat kid was running along the bank and plaintively calling:

— Alyonushka, my sister!

Swim, swim to the shore.

Bonfires are burning high

Boilers boil cast iron,

Knives sharpen damask,

They want to kill me!

And from the river they answer him:

— Ah, my brother Ivanushka!

A heavy stone pulls to the bottom,

Silk grass tangled my legs,

Yellow sands lay on the chest.

The servant ran home and told the merchant about what he had heard on the river. They gathered the people, went to the river, threw down silk nets and pulled Alyonushka ashore. They removed the stone from her neck, dipped her in spring water, dressed her in a smart dress. Alyonushka came to life and became more beautiful than she was.

And the kid, for joy, threw himself three times over his head and turned into a boy, Ivanushka.

The witch was tied to a horse's tail and let into an open field.

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(1876-1942) made illustrations for Russian folk tales "The Frog Princess", "Finista-Yasna Sokol's Feather", "Vasilisa the Beautiful", "Marya Morevna", "Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka", "White Duck", for fairy tales A. S. Pushkin - "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" (1904-1905), "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel" (1906-1907), "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" (1939) and many others.

I. Ya. Bilibin developed a system of graphic techniques that made it possible to combine illustrations and design in one style, subordinating them to the plane of a book page. Character traits Bilibino style: the beauty of the patterned pattern, the exquisite decorativeness of color combinations, the subtle visual embodiment of the world, the combination of bright fabulousness with a sense of folk humor, etc.

The artist strove for an ensemble solution. He emphasized the plane of the book page with a contour line, lack of lighting, coloristic unity, a conditional division of space into plans and a combination of different points of view in the composition.

One of significant work Bilibin were illustrations for "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by A. S. Pushkin. This fairy tale, with its multicolored pictures of ancient Russian life, provided rich food for Bilibino's imagination. With amazing skill and great knowledge, the artist depicted ancient costumes and utensils. He reflected the main episodes Pushkin's fairy tale. However, different sources of stylization are noticeable between the sheets of the series. The illustration depicting Saltan looking into the room is emotional and reminiscent of I. Ya. Bilibin's winter landscapes from nature. The scenes of the reception of guests, the feast are very decorative and saturated with the motifs of Russian ornament. A leaf with a barrel floating on the sea resembles the famous "Wave" by Hokusai.

The process of execution by I. Ya. Bilibin graphic drawing reminiscent of the work of an engraver. Having sketched a sketch on paper, he refined the composition in all details on tracing paper, and then transferred it to whatman paper. After that, with a kolinsky brush with a cut end, likening it to a cutter, he drew a clear wire outline in ink over a pencil drawing. IN mature period Creativity Bilibin abandoned the use of a pen, which he sometimes resorted to in early illustrations. For the impeccable firmness of the line, the comrades jokingly nicknamed him "Ivan - a firm hand."

In the illustrations by I. Ya. Bilibin of 1900-1910, the composition, as a rule, unfolds parallel to the plane of the sheet. Large figures appear in stately frozen poses. The conditional division of space into plans and the combination of different points of view in one composition make it possible to maintain flatness. Lighting completely disappears, the color becomes more conventional, the unpainted surface of the paper acquires an important role, the method of designating the contour line becomes more complicated, and a strict system of strokes and points develops.

The further development of the Bilibino style is that in later illustrations the artist switched from popular prints to principles: the colors become louder and richer, but the boundaries between them are now indicated not by a black wire outline, but by tonal thickening and a thin colored line. The colors seem to be shining, but retain locality and flatness, and the image sometimes resembles cloisonné enamel.

Artist's works:

Palace of Dodon. A sketch of the scenery for the first act of N. A. Rimskaya-Korsakov's opera The Golden Cockerel. 1909

Illustration for Russian folk tale"Go there - I don't know where, bring that - I don't know what..."

Crimea. Batiliman. 1940

Book sign of A. E. Benakis. 1922

Ending for the magazine "World of Art". 1899

Ivan Tsarevich and the Firebird. Illustration for "The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and gray wolf". 1899

Vasilisa the Beautiful leaves Baba Yaga's house. Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful". 1899

Cover for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful". 1899

Baba Yaga. Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful". 1900

Vasilisa the Beautiful and the white rider. Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful". 1900

Screensaver for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful". 1900

Red rider. Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful". 1900

Black horseman. Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful". 1900

Red Rider (Noon or Sun). Illustration for the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful". 1902

Screensaver for the fairy tale "Feather of Finist Yasna-Falcon". 1900

Maiden and Finist Yasen-Falcon. Illustration for the fairy tale "Feather Finist Yasna-Falcon". 1900

The girl in the forest. Illustration for the fairy tale "Feather Finist Yasna-Falcon". 1900

Screensaver for the fairy tale "The Frog Princess". 1899

Illustration for the saying "Once upon a time there was a king ..." from the book "The Frog Princess". 1900

Drawing from the book "The Frog Princess". 1901

Screensaver for the fairy tale "Marya Morevna". 1900

Good fellow, Ivan Tsarevich and his three sisters. Illustration for the fairy tale "Marya Morevna". 1901

Ivan Tsarevich and "the army is a beaten force." Illustration for the fairy tale "Marya Morevna". 1901

Koschei the Immortal. Illustration for the fairy tale "Marya Morevna". 1901

Screensaver for the fairy tale "Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka". 1901

Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka. Illustration for the fairy tale "Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka". 1901

The ending to the fairy tale "Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka". 1902

Children and white duck. Illustration for the fairy tale "The White Duck". 1902

Volga with a squad. Illustration for the epic "Volga". 1903

River Kem. Open letter.1904

The village of Poduzhemye. Sketch of an open letter. 1904

"Here he decreased to a point, turned into a mosquito ...". Illustration for "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by A.S. Pushkin. 1904

“During the whole conversation, he stood behind the fence ...”. Illustration for "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by A.S. Pushkin. 1904

Feast. Illustration for "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by A.S. Pushkin. 1905

Trade guests at Saltan. Illustration for "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by A.S. Pushkin. 1905

Vologda girl in a festive dress. Drawing for postcard. 1905

Dadon's army. U-turn. Illustration for "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel" by A.S. Pushkin. 1906

Astrologer in front of Dadon. Illustration for "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel" by A.S. Pushkin. 1906

King Dadon in front of the Queen of Shamakhan. Illustration for "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel" by A.S. Pushkin. 1906

Cover for "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" by A.S. Pushkin. 1908

Archer in front of the king and retinue. Illustration for the fairy tale "Go there - I don't know where." 1919

Andrey the shooter and Strelchikha. 1919

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin - famous Russian artist, illustrator. Born on August 4, 1876 in the village of Tarkhovka, St. Petersburg province - passed away on February 7, 1942 in Leningrad. The main genre in which Ivan Bilibin worked is book graphics. In addition, he created various murals, panels and made decorations for theatrical performances, engaged in the creation of theatrical costumes.

Nevertheless, most of the admirers of the talent of this wonderful Russian know him by his merit in fine arts. I must say that Ivan Bilibin had good school to study the art of painting and graphics. It all started with the drawing school of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts. Then there was the workshop of the artist A. Ashbe in Munich; at the school-workshop of Princess Maria Tenisheva, he studied painting under the guidance of Ilya Repin himself, then, under his own guidance, there was a Higher art school Academy of Arts.

Most of his life, I.Ya. Bilibin lived in St. Petersburg. He was a member of the World of Art association. He began to show interest in the ethnographic style of painting after he saw a painting by the great artist Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov "Bogatyrs" at one of the exhibitions. For the first time, he created several illustrations in his recognizable "Bilibinsky" style after he accidentally ended up in the village of Yegny in the Tver province. The Russian hinterland with its dense untrodden forests, wooden houses, similar to the very fairy tales of Pushkin and the paintings of Viktor Vasnetsov, inspired him so much with its originality that he, without thinking twice, set about creating drawings. It was these drawings that became illustrations for the book "The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf." We can say that it was here, in the heart of Russia, in its distant, lost in the forests, settlements, that all the talent of this wonderful artist manifested itself. After that, he began to actively visit other regions of our country and write more and more illustrations for fairy tales and epics. It was in the villages that the image was still preserved ancient Rus'. People continued to wear ancient Russian costumes, spent traditional holidays, decorated houses with intricate carvings, etc. Ivan Bilibin captured all this in his illustrations, making them head and shoulders above the illustrations of other artists due to their realism and accurately noticed details.

His work is the tradition of ancient Russian folk art on modern way, in accordance with all laws book graphics. What he did is an example of how modernity and the culture of our past can coexist. great country. Being, in fact, an illustrator of children's books, he attracted the attention of a much larger audience of spectators, critics and connoisseurs of beauty with his art.

Ivan Bilibin illustrated such tales as: "The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf" (1899), "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" (1905), "Volga" (1905), "The Golden Cockerel" (1909 ), "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel" (1910) and others. In addition, he designed the covers of various magazines, including: World of Art, Golden Fleece, editions of Rosehip and Moscow Book Publishing House.

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin is famous not only for his illustrations in the traditional Russian style. After February Revolution he drew a double-headed eagle, which at first was the coat of arms of the Provisional Government, and from 1992 to this day adorns the coins of the Bank of Russia. The great Russian artist died in Leningrad during the blockade on February 7, 1942 in the hospital. Last work became an illustration for the epic "Duke Stepanovich". He was buried in the mass grave of professors of the Academy of Arts near the Smolensk cemetery.

The brilliant words of Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin: “Only quite recently, like America, they discovered the old artistic Rus', vandal-mutilated, covered in dust and mold. But even under the dust it was beautiful, so beautiful that the first minute impulse of those who discovered it is quite understandable: to return it! return!".

Ivan Bilibin paintings

Baba Yaga. Illustration for the fairy tale Vasilisa the Beautiful

White rider. Fairy tale Vasilisa the Beautiful

Illustration for the epic Volga

Illustration for the fairy tale The White Duck

Fairy tale Marya Morevna

Illustration for the Tale of the Golden Cockerel

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Illustration for the Tale of Tsar Saltan

Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf

Illustration for the Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf

Illustration for the fairy tale Feather Finist the Bright Falcon

or, there were an old man and an old woman, they had a daughter, Alyonushka, and a son, Ivanushka.
The old man and the old woman died. Alyonushka and Ivanushka were left alone.
Alyonushka went to work and took her brother with her. They go along a long way, across a wide field, and Ivanushka wants to drink.
- Sister Alyonushka, I'm thirsty!
- Wait, brother, we will reach the well.
We walked, walked, - the sun is high, the well is far away, the heat is pestering, the sweat comes out. There is a cow's hoof full of water.
- Sister Alyonushka, I'll take a sip from a hoof!
- Do not drink, brother, you will become a calf!
The brother obeyed and moved on. The sun is high, the well is far away, the heat is pestering, sweat comes out. There is a horse's hoof full of water.
- Sister Alyonushka, I'll get drunk from a hoof!
- Do not drink, brother, you will become a foal!
Ivanushka sighed and went on again. They go, they go - the sun is high, the well is far away, the heat is pestering, the sweat comes out. There is a goat's hoof full of water.
Ivanushka says:
- Sister Alyonushka, there is no urine: I'll get drunk from a hoof!
- Do not drink, brother, you will become a goat!
Ivanushka did not obey and got drunk from a goat's hoof. Got drunk and became a goat...
Alyonushka calls her brother, and instead of Ivanushka, a little white kid runs after her.

Alyonushka burst into tears, sat down on a stack - crying, and a kid jumping next to her.
At that time, a merchant was driving by:
- What are you crying about, little girl?
Alyonushka told him about her misfortune. The merchant says to her:
- Marry me. I will dress you in gold and silver, and the kid will live with us.

Alyonushka thought and thought and married the merchant.
They began to live and live, and the kid lives with them, eats and drinks with Alyonushka from one cup.
Once the merchant was not at home. Out of nowhere a witch comes: she stood under Alyonushkino's window and tactfully began to affectionately call her to swim in the river.

The witch brought Alyonushka to the river. She rushed at her, tied a stone around Alyonushka's neck and threw her into the water.
And she herself turned into Alyonushka, dressed up in her dress and came to her mansions. Nobody recognized the witch. The merchant returned - and he did not recognize.
One kid knew everything. He hung his head, does not drink, does not eat. In the morning and in the evening he walks along the bank near the water and calls:
- Alyonushka, my sister!
Swim out, swim out to the shore...
The witch found out about this and began to ask her husband to slaughter and slaughter the kid.
The merchant felt sorry for the goat, he got used to him. And the witch pestered so much, begged so much - there was nothing to do, the merchant agreed:
- Well, kill him...

The witch ordered to build high fires, heat cast-iron boilers, sharpen damask knives.

The little kid found out that he did not have long to live, and said to the named father:
- Before death, let me go to the river, drink some water, rinse the intestines.
- Well, go.
The kid ran to the river, stood on the shore and cried plaintively:

Alyonushka, my sister!
Swim, swim to the shore.
Bonfires are burning high
Boilers boil cast iron,
Knives sharpen damask,
They want to kill me!
Alyonushka from the river answers him:
- Oh, my brother Ivanushka!
A heavy stone pulls to the bottom,
Silk grass tangled my legs,
Yellow sands lay on the chest.

And the witch is looking for a goatling, cannot find it, and sends a servant:
- Go find a kid, bring him to me.

The servant went to the river and sees: a little goat runs along the bank and plaintively calls:

Alyonushka, my sister!
Swim, swim to the shore.
Bonfires are burning high
Boilers boil cast iron,
Knives sharpen damask,
They want to kill me!
And from the river they answer him:
- Oh, my brother Ivanushka!
A heavy stone pulls to the bottom,
Silk grass tangled my legs,
Yellow sands lay on the chest.

The servant ran home and told the merchant about what he had heard on the river. They gathered the people, went to the river, threw down silk nets and pulled Alyonushka ashore. They removed the stone from her neck, dipped her in spring water, dressed her in a smart dress. Alyonushka came to life and became more beautiful than she was.
And the kid, for joy, threw himself three times over his head and turned into a boy, Ivanushka.
The witch was tied to a horse's tail and let into the open field.