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Ivan Bilibin

October 20, 2023

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (Russian: Иван Яковлевич Билибин, IPA: [ɪˈvan ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪt͡ɕ bʲɪˈlʲibʲɪn]; 16 August [O.S. 4 August] 1876 – 7 February 1942) was a Russian illustrator and stage designer who took part in the Mir iskusstva ("World of Art"), contributed to the Ballets Russes, co-founded the Union of Russian Artists, and from 1937 was a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR. Ivan Bilibin gained popularity with his illustrations of Russian folk tales and Slavic folklore. Throughout his career he was inspired by the art and culture of medieval Russia.[1]

Portrait of Ivan Bilibin by Boris Kustodiev, 1901

Biography Edit

Ivan Bilibin was born in Tarkhovka, a suburb of St. Petersburg. He studied in 1898 at Anton Ažbe Art School in Munich, where he was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau and the German satirical journal Simplicissimus,[2] and then under Ilya Repin in St. Petersburg.[3] After graduating in May 1901 he went to Munich, where he completed his training with the painter Anton Ažbe.[citation needed]

In the period 1902 to 1904,[citation needed] working under the Russian Museum (Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III) he traveled to the Vologda, Olonetsk and Arkhangelsk Governorates, performing ethnographic research, and examining examples of Russian wooden architecture.[4] He published his findings in the monograph Народное творчество русского Севера (Folk Arts of the Russian North) in 1904. Old Russian art had a great influence on his works. Another influence on his art was traditional Japanese prints and Renaissance woodcuts.[5][1]

After the formation of the artists' association Mir Iskusstva, where he was an active member, his entry into the newspaper and book graphics scene began with a commission for the design of magazine Mir Iskusstva in 1899, later contributing essays on Russian folk art.[6] Artistic design of other magazines such as Dog Rose (Шиповник) and productions of a Moscow publishing house followed. Bilibin gained renown in 1899, when he released his illustrations of Russian fairy tales. During the Russian Revolution of 1905, he drew revolutionary cartoons, especially for the magazine Zhupel (Жупелъ), which in 1906 became prohibited because of his illustration depicting the emperor as a donkey.[7] He served as the designer for the 1909 première production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel.

In 1911, Bilibin was hired by the State Paper Manufacturing Section to illustrate ball programs, exhibition and book posters, postcards for the Red Cross's Society of St. Eugenia, and envelopes and stationery with the Russian Bogatyrs.[8]

After the October Revolution in 1917, Bilibin left Russia when the revolution proved alien to him. Hungry for a new exotic environment, in 1920 Bilibin went to stay in Egypt. He moved to Cairo and Alexandria where he painted for the Greek colony. In Cairo he specialized in the Byzantine-style art that was in demand by the Greek colony for icons and frescoes. He was also enraptured by the architecture of mosques and their "head-spinning ornamentation". Bilibin then settled in Paris in 1925, where he took to decorating private mansions and Orthodox churches.[3] He still longed for his homeland, and, after decorating the Soviet Embassy,[citation needed] he returned in 1936 to Soviet Russia. Bilibin died during the Siege of Leningrad, starving within the city when he refused to leave,[4] and was buried in a collective grave.

 
Logo of the magazine and "Sic transit ..." Жупел (журнал) (Bogeyman) (Jupel/Zhupel), 1905

Marital life Edit

In 1902 Bilibin married his former student, the Irish-Russian painter and illustrator of children's stories[9] Mary Chambers (Мария Яковлевна Чемберс). They had two sons, Alexander (1903) and Ivan (1908). In 1912 he again married a former student, the art school graduate Renée O'Connell (Рене Рудольфовна О'Коннель), granddaughter of Daniel O'Connell. In 1923 he married the painter Aleksandra Shchekatikhina-Pototskaya (Александра Васильевна Щекатихина-Потоцкая), with whom he had a joint exhibition in Amsterdam in 1929.

Publications Edit

  • Bilibin, Ivan (1904), Народное творчество русского Севера [Folk Arts of the Russian North] (in Russian)
Folktales published by the "Department for the Production of State Documents"
  • Сказка об Иване-царевиче, Жар-птице и о Сером волке [The Tale of Ivan the Tsar's Son, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf] (in Russian), [N.p.] Izdanie Ekspeditsii zagotovleniia gosudarstvennykh bumag, 1899 . alt link
  • Василиса Прекрасная [Vassilisa the Beautiful] (in Russian), 1899
  • Царевна-Лягушка [The Frog Princess] (in Russian), 1899
  • Перышко Финиста Ясна-Сокола [The Feather of Finist the Falcon] (in Russian), 1900
  • Марья Моревна [Maria Morevna] (in Russian), [N.p.] Izdanie Ekspeditsii zagotovleniia gosudarstvennykh' bumag, 1901
  • Сестрица Аленушка и братец Иванушка [Sister Alenushka and Brother Ivanushka] (in Russian), 1901–1902
  • Белая уточка [The Little White Duck] (in Russian), 1902
  • Былина "Вольга" [The epic "Volga"] (in Russian), 1903 , pdf
  • Collections in translated tales :
    • Wheeler, Post, ed. (1917), Russian Wonder Tales , twelve selected illustrations
    • Afanasyev, Alexander (1996), Russkie narodnye skazki - Russian Fairy Tales (in Russian and English) , selection from "State Department" work (1899-1902) that includes Sister Alionushka..; Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird, and the Grey Wolf; The Frog Tsarevna; Vasilisa..; Feather of Finist; White Duck; and Maria Morevna. Main illustrations only
Illustrations of Pushkin's tales
  • Pushkin, Alexander (1834), Сказка о золотом петушке [The Tale of the Golden Cockerel] (in Russian)
  • Pushkin, Alexander (1905) [1831], Сказка о царе Салтане [The Tale of Tsar Saltan] (in Russian)
  • Pushkin, Alexander, Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке [The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish] (in Russian) , unpublished
  • Pushkin, Alexander, Руслан и Людмила [Ruslan and Ludmilla] (in Russian)
Other
  • Roslavlev, A.S. (1911), Сказки [Fairy Tales] (in Russian)
  • Поди туда — не знаю куда, принеси то — не знаю что… [Go there - I do not know where, bring that - I do not know what ...] (in Russian), 1919 , unpublished
  • Contes de l'Isba [Tales from a Hut] (in French), 1931
  • Carpenter, Francis (1932–1933), Tales of a Russian Grandmother
  • Contes de la couleuvre [Tales of the Snake] (in French), 1932
  • Conte du petit poisson d'or [Tale of the little Golden Fish] (in French), 1933
  • Le Tapis Volant [The Flying Carpet] (in French), 1924
  • Le farouche Abd-el-Kader (in French), 1936
  • Adhémar de Montgon. Henri IV (in French), 1936
  • Anderson, H.C. (1937), The Little Mermaid (in Russian)
  • Percheron, M. (1937), Moscou (in French)
  • Tolstoy, A.N., Петр Первый [Peter the Great] (in Russian)
  • Песнь про царя Ивана Васильевича, молодого опричника и удалого купца Ивана Калашникова [A song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, a young oprichnik and the successful merchant Ivan Kalashnikov] (in Russian), 1939
  • Vodovozov, N.V. (1940), Слово о стольном Киеве и о русских богатырях [Stories of the capital Kiev and Russian Heroes] (in Russian)

Gallery Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b "The Art of Ivan Bilibin : Textualities". Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  2. ^ Jose Alainz, Komiks: Comic Art in Russia, 2010, p.26
  3. ^ a b Janina Orlov, 'Ivan Bilibin' in Donald Haase, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: A-F, p.121
  4. ^ a b Isaeva, Ksenia (16 Aug 2016), "Russian fairy tales in the works of Ivan Bilibin", www.rbth.com
  5. ^ Maria Peitcheva, Ivan Bilibin: Drawings Colour Plates, 2016, p.1
  6. ^ Richard Taruskin, 'From Subject to Style: Stravinsky and the Painters' in Jann Pasler, Confronting Stravinsky: Man, Musician, and Modernist, 1986, p.26
  7. ^ Hardeman, Hilde (1987). "The Publishing-House Z. I. Grzhebin". Solanus. New Series. 1.
  8. ^ Elena Litovchenko, 'Late Nineteenth Century Cover Designs from the Collection of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts' in Alla Rosenfeld, Defining Russian Graphic Arts: From Diaghilev to Stalin, 1898-1934, p47-48
  9. ^ Rosalind P. Blakesley, 'The Venerable Artist's Fiery Speeches Ringing in my Soul', in J.B Bullen, Internationalism and the Arts in Britain and Europe at the Fin de Siècle, p.101

External links Edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ivan Bilibin.
  • Works of Ivan Bilibin at Cascadia Graphics
  • at the Wayback Machine (archived December 2, 2005) at www.scumdog.demon.co.uk

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Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin Russian Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin IPA ɪˈvan ˈjakevlʲɪvʲɪt ɕ bʲɪˈlʲibʲɪn 16 August O S 4 August 1876 7 February 1942 was a Russian illustrator and stage designer who took part in the Mir iskusstva World of Art contributed to the Ballets Russes co founded the Union of Russian Artists and from 1937 was a member of the Artists Union of the USSR Ivan Bilibin gained popularity with his illustrations of Russian folk tales and Slavic folklore Throughout his career he was inspired by the art and culture of medieval Russia 1 Portrait of Ivan Bilibin by Boris Kustodiev 1901 Contents 1 Biography 2 Marital life 3 Publications 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External linksBiography EditIvan Bilibin was born in Tarkhovka a suburb of St Petersburg He studied in 1898 at Anton Azbe Art School in Munich where he was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau and the German satirical journal Simplicissimus 2 and then under Ilya Repin in St Petersburg 3 After graduating in May 1901 he went to Munich where he completed his training with the painter Anton Azbe citation needed In the period 1902 to 1904 citation needed working under the Russian Museum Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III he traveled to the Vologda Olonetsk and Arkhangelsk Governorates performing ethnographic research and examining examples of Russian wooden architecture 4 He published his findings in the monograph Narodnoe tvorchestvo russkogo Severa Folk Arts of the Russian North in 1904 Old Russian art had a great influence on his works Another influence on his art was traditional Japanese prints and Renaissance woodcuts 5 1 After the formation of the artists association Mir Iskusstva where he was an active member his entry into the newspaper and book graphics scene began with a commission for the design of magazine Mir Iskusstva in 1899 later contributing essays on Russian folk art 6 Artistic design of other magazines such as Dog Rose Shipovnik and productions of a Moscow publishing house followed Bilibin gained renown in 1899 when he released his illustrations of Russian fairy tales During the Russian Revolution of 1905 he drew revolutionary cartoons especially for the magazine Zhupel Zhupel which in 1906 became prohibited because of his illustration depicting the emperor as a donkey 7 He served as the designer for the 1909 premiere production of Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov s The Golden Cockerel In 1911 Bilibin was hired by the State Paper Manufacturing Section to illustrate ball programs exhibition and book posters postcards for the Red Cross s Society of St Eugenia and envelopes and stationery with the Russian Bogatyrs 8 After the October Revolution in 1917 Bilibin left Russia when the revolution proved alien to him Hungry for a new exotic environment in 1920 Bilibin went to stay in Egypt He moved to Cairo and Alexandria where he painted for the Greek colony In Cairo he specialized in the Byzantine style art that was in demand by the Greek colony for icons and frescoes He was also enraptured by the architecture of mosques and their head spinning ornamentation Bilibin then settled in Paris in 1925 where he took to decorating private mansions and Orthodox churches 3 He still longed for his homeland and after decorating the Soviet Embassy citation needed he returned in 1936 to Soviet Russia Bilibin died during the Siege of Leningrad starving within the city when he refused to leave 4 and was buried in a collective grave nbsp Logo of the magazine and Sic transit Zhupel zhurnal Bogeyman Jupel Zhupel 1905Marital life EditIn 1902 Bilibin married his former student the Irish Russian painter and illustrator of children s stories 9 Mary Chambers Mariya Yakovlevna Chembers They had two sons Alexander 1903 and Ivan 1908 In 1912 he again married a former student the art school graduate Renee O Connell Rene Rudolfovna O Konnel granddaughter of Daniel O Connell In 1923 he married the painter Aleksandra Shchekatikhina Pototskaya Aleksandra Vasilevna Shekatihina Potockaya with whom he had a joint exhibition in Amsterdam in 1929 Publications EditBilibin Ivan 1904 Narodnoe tvorchestvo russkogo Severa Folk Arts of the Russian North in Russian Folktales published by the Department for the Production of State Documents Skazka ob Ivane careviche Zhar ptice i o Serom volke The Tale of Ivan the Tsar s Son The Firebird and the Grey Wolf in Russian N p Izdanie Ekspeditsii zagotovleniia gosudarstvennykh bumag 1899 alt link Vasilisa Prekrasnaya Vassilisa the Beautiful in Russian 1899 Carevna Lyagushka The Frog Princess in Russian 1899 Peryshko Finista Yasna Sokola The Feather of Finist the Falcon in Russian 1900 Marya Morevna Maria Morevna in Russian N p Izdanie Ekspeditsii zagotovleniia gosudarstvennykh bumag 1901 Sestrica Alenushka i bratec Ivanushka Sister Alenushka and Brother Ivanushka in Russian 1901 1902 Belaya utochka The Little White Duck in Russian 1902 Bylina Volga The epic Volga in Russian 1903 pdf Collections in translated tales Wheeler Post ed 1917 Russian Wonder Tales twelve selected illustrations Afanasyev Alexander 1996 Russkie narodnye skazki Russian Fairy Tales in Russian and English selection from State Department work 1899 1902 that includes Sister Alionushka Tsarevich Ivan the Firebird and the Grey Wolf The Frog Tsarevna Vasilisa Feather of Finist White Duck and Maria Morevna Main illustrations onlyIllustrations of Pushkin s talesPushkin Alexander 1834 Skazka o zolotom petushke The Tale of the Golden Cockerel in Russian Pushkin Alexander 1905 1831 Skazka o care Saltane The Tale of Tsar Saltan in Russian Pushkin Alexander Skazka o rybake i rybke The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish in Russian unpublished Pushkin Alexander Ruslan i Lyudmila Ruslan and Ludmilla in Russian OtherRoslavlev A S 1911 Skazki Fairy Tales in Russian Podi tuda ne znayu kuda prinesi to ne znayu chto Go there I do not know where bring that I do not know what in Russian 1919 unpublished Contes de l Isba Tales from a Hut in French 1931 Carpenter Francis 1932 1933 Tales of a Russian GrandmotherContes de la couleuvre Tales of the Snake in French 1932 Conte du petit poisson d or Tale of the little Golden Fish in French 1933 Le Tapis Volant The Flying Carpet in French 1924 Le farouche Abd el Kader in French 1936 Adhemar de Montgon Henri IV in French 1936 Anderson H C 1937 The Little Mermaid in Russian Percheron M 1937 Moscou in French Tolstoy A N Petr Pervyj Peter the Great in Russian Pesn pro carya Ivana Vasilevicha molodogo oprichnika i udalogo kupca Ivana Kalashnikova A song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich a young oprichnik and the successful merchant Ivan Kalashnikov in Russian 1939 Vodovozov N V 1940 Slovo o stolnom Kieve i o russkih bogatyryah Stories of the capital Kiev and Russian Heroes in Russian Gallery Edit nbsp Baba Yaga from Vasilisa the Beautiful 1899 nbsp Vasilisa the Beautiful 1899 nbsp Ivan Tsarevich catching the Firebird s feather 1899 nbsp Sadko 1902 nbsp Illustration from Volga 1904 nbsp The Island of Buyan 1905 nbsp Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber nbsp Dobrynya Nikitich rescues Zabava from the Gorynych 1941 nbsp The Tale of Igor s Campaign 1941 nbsp Koschei the Deathless from Marya Morevna 1900 nbsp Administering Justice in Kievan Rus 1907 nbsp Tsar Dadon meets the Shemakha tsarevna illustration to The Tale of the Little Golden Cockerel 1906 References Edit a b The Art of Ivan Bilibin Textualities Retrieved 2019 10 07 Jose Alainz Komiks Comic Art in Russia 2010 p 26 a b Janina Orlov Ivan Bilibin in Donald Haase The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales A F p 121 a b Isaeva Ksenia 16 Aug 2016 Russian fairy tales in the works of Ivan Bilibin www rbth com Maria Peitcheva Ivan Bilibin Drawings Colour Plates 2016 p 1 Richard Taruskin From Subject to Style Stravinsky and the Painters in Jann Pasler Confronting Stravinsky Man Musician and Modernist 1986 p 26 Hardeman Hilde 1987 The Publishing House Z I Grzhebin Solanus New Series 1 Elena Litovchenko Late Nineteenth Century Cover Designs from the Collection of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts in Alla Rosenfeld Defining Russian Graphic Arts From Diaghilev to Stalin 1898 1934 p47 48 Rosalind P Blakesley The Venerable Artist s Fiery Speeches Ringing in my Soul in J B Bullen Internationalism and the Arts in Britain and Europe at the Fin de Siecle p 101External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ivan Bilibin Works of Ivan Bilibin at Cascadia Graphics Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin at the Wayback Machine archived December 2 2005 at www scumdog demon co uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ivan Bilibin amp oldid 1174659307, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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