Ivan Bilibin1876–1942Крым. Kоктебель
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Крым. Kоктебель” 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
- РС-4096
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 life15 March 1937
Joins the Artists' Union of the USSR
Bilibin joined the Artists' Union of the USSR. From 1937 until his death he lived and worked at 25 Gulyarnaya Street (now Lizy Chaikinoy Street), which now bears a memorial plaque.
1939
Illustrates “A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich…”
A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, a Young Oprichnik and the Successful Merchant Ivan Kalashnikov appeared with Bilibin's illustrations, followed in 1940 by N. V. Vodovozov's Stories of the Capital Kiev and the Russian Bogatyrs.
1941
Refuses to be evacuated from Leningrad
When the Great Patriotic War began, Bilibin refused to leave Leningrad. His last work was a preparatory illustration for the epic Dyuk Stepanovich (1941).
