24+ Russian Folklore Illustration

10 beautiful russian folklore paintings by viktor vasnetsov.

Russian folklore illustration. Folklore of russia is folklore of russians and other ethnic groups of russia. Dec 8 2016 explore yoriko dixon s board russian fairy tale illustrations followed by 145 people on pinterest. His work was throughout his career inspired by the art and culture of old russia. Russian folklore takes its roots in the pagan beliefs of ancient slavs and now is represented in the russian fairy tales epic russian bylinas are also an important part of slavic mythology the oldest bylinas of kievan cycle were actually recorded mostly in the russian north especially in karelia where most of the. This painting is another illustration of the tsarevitch ivan the firebird and the gray wolf tale just like the painting. Russian folklore comes from the slavic pagan tradition. Russia has unique potential of applied art products which often are made entirely by hand.

Many russian writers and artists like pushkin gogol tolstoy and dostoevsky were influenced by russian folklore and fairy tales. In particular pushkin was the first russian author who used folkloric traditions in his own creations. It s believed that he drew inspiration from the tales he heard from one of his mother s serf arina. He studied in 1898. Ivan bilibin was born in tarkhovka a suburb of st. See more ideas about fairytale illustration fairy tales illustration. English is not my first language so here you also will find funny and strange grammar mistakes.

See more ideas about illustration illustration art art. Aug 3 2015 explore maryleegrant s board russian illustration followed by 893 people on pinterest. Ivan bilibin gained popularity with his illustrations to russian folk tales and slavic folklore. In the catalog section you can find the most popular russian gifts and souvenirs.