Krystyna Turska - Illustrations to Russians Fairy Tales.
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Boris Zvorykin - Illustration to “The Tale of the Dead Princess and Seven Knights” by Alexander Pushkin, 1890th
That’s good example of so-called “russian style”, that was created in the end of the 19th century. Well, not created - reconstructed.
Zvorykin was the first one who introduced medieval and traditional Russian painting to the modern art.
Natalia Goncharova - Illustration to the Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander Pushkin, 1921.
Illustrations of russian fairy tales by Tatiana Mavrina, soviet illustrator
Tamara Yufa - The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights, 1950s
This is a folk tale, rewritten by Alexander Pushkin in 1833.
Vera Pavlova - Koliada
Koliada was a pre-Christian winter festival later incorporated into Christmas. On the night from 6th to 7th January (Orthodox Christmas) evil spirit were believed to be active. People disguised and strolled from house to house with songs asking hosts for food. Also people used to tell fortunes on this night.
Yelena Polenova - Fairy Tale, 1895
Dmitri Mitrokhin - Illustrations to Arabic folk tales, 1912
And here are some nice illustration to the Lermontov’s drama “Masquerade” (1835) by Nicolai Kuzmin
Ivan Bilibin - Illustration to “Go there do not know where” ( Russian fairy tale)
Merchant’s daughter with her toys – N. Novgorod, 1912