Ivan Bilibin is a famous artist of the Soviet era. First of all, he became famous for his illustrations to Russian folk tales. Not one generation of Soviet children grew up on books with colorful and original pictures of Bilibin.
Biography: early years
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin was born on August 16, 1876 in St. Petersburg. His father was a military doctor. Bilibin became interested in painting in early childhood. He received a law degree, but the love of paint and brush still took its toll. Bilibin entered the Drawing School. He later graduated from the Academy of Arts. Bilibin practiced in the workshop of the Austro-Hungarian master Anton Ashbe in Munich, took lessons from Ilya Repin.
Soon he joined the creative association "World of Art", which was created by the artist Alexandre Benois and the legendary impresario Sergei Diaghilev. Bilibin began to make illustrations and write articles about folk art for the magazine of the same name. He also participated in exhibitions.
