Ivan Bilibin1876–1942Красная девица и добрый молодец
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Красная девица и добрый молодец” now? Collection: State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Unknown.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- Р-53028
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- State Russian Museum
- Image: State Russian Museum — © State Russian Museum
In the life of Ivan Bilibin
The whole life1898–1900
Studies under Repin at Princess Tenisheva's studio
For several years Bilibin studied under Ilya Repin at Princess Maria Tenisheva's school-studio, and in 1900–1904 again under Repin at the Higher Art School of the Academy of Arts.
1899–1902
Six fairy-tale books for the State Papers Office
The Department for the Production of State Papers published a series of six fairy tales illustrated by Bilibin, among them Vasilisa the Beautiful, The Frog Princess, The Feather of Finist the Falcon, Maria Morevna and The White Duck. The same publisher then issued Pushkin's tales with his illustrations.
28 April 1902
Marries the artist Maria Chambers
Bilibin married Maria Chambers, his former student and fellow pupil at the Tenisheva studio, a stage designer and book illustrator. They had two sons, Alexander (1903) and Ivan (1908).
1902–1904
Expeditions to the Russian North: wooden architecture
In 1902, 1903 and 1904 the ethnographic department of the Museum of Alexander III sent Bilibin to the Vologda, Olonets and Arkhangelsk Governorates to study wooden architecture. Old Russian art had a great influence on his work.
16 December 1903
A founding member of the Union of Russian Artists
Bilibin became one of the founding members of the Union of Russian Artists and remained in it until 1910.
1904
Publishes a study of the folk art of the Russian North
Bilibin published the findings of his northern expeditions in the monograph Folk Arts of the Russian North.
