
Ivan Bilibin1876–1942Mag men het zien?
Sint-Petersburg, Rusland
De eigenaar is bekend; of het werk nu te zien is, is onbekend.
16 September 1936
Returns to the USSR aboard the Ladoga
Bilibin and his family returned to the Soviet Union aboard the motor ship Ladoga and settled in Leningrad; his wife went back to work at the Porcelain Factory.
19 September 1936
Professor of graphic art at the Leningrad Institute
Three days after his return Bilibin was appointed professor of graphic art at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of the All-Russian Academy of Arts; he held the post until his death, while continuing to work as an illustrator and stage designer.
15 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.