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sovietpostcards · 2 months

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"The Hare and the Fox", cartoon by Yuri Norshtein and Francheska Yarbusova (USSR, 1973)

#soviet cartoons #animation #1970s #russian fairy tales

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lionofchaeronea · 3 months

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The Snow Maiden, Viktor Vasnetsov, 1899

#art #art history #Viktor Vasnetsov #genre painting #genre art #Snow Maiden #snegurochka #Russian folklore #fairy tales #Russian fairy tales #Russian art #19th century art #oil on canvas #Tretyakov Gallery

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lepetitdragonvert · 5 months

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Fleur de Neige / Snow Flower

Contes populaires russes en peinture sur laque

Éditions d’art Yarki Gorod

Saint Pétersbourg

2009

Artist : Nina Babarkina

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grrrenadine · 10 months

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A piece I made for Of Folk and Fable Tarot — a collaborative project where artists drew creatures and stories from their cultures. This is The Magician, as represented by Ivan Tsarevitch, the Fire Bird, and the Grey Wolf, a classic Russian/Ukrainian/Georgian fairy tale. I love me a good-hearted wolf shapeshifter!

The project has already been fully funded on Kickstarter (yay!) but give it a look if it sounds like your thing.

#zines #of folk and fable tarot #tarot #wolves #russia #phoenix #fire bird #firebird #folklore #russian folklore #russian fairy tales #my art

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vintage-russia · 1 year

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"Koschey the Deathless" (1880)

#Кощей Бессмертный #Koschey the Deathless #русские сказки #russian fairy tales #slavic folklore #русский фольклор #russian folklore #slavic mythology #русская мифология #russian mythology #русская культура #russian culture #slavic #русское искусство #russian art #russian #1880s #1880

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garrett-strangelove · 6 months

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The Daus (from Inscryption) in the style of Russian fairy tales

#art #drawing #fan art #Inscryption #the daus #boar #russian fairy tales

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piroshky · 1 year

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Pushkin’s Vasilisa the Beautiful, illustrated by Aleksandr Koshkin, 1994.

#russian art #russian fairy tales #russian folklore #fairy tale illustration #fairy tales #slavic folklore #vasilisa the beautiful #aleksandr koshkin #baba yaga #my post #insp #art #illustration

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scriobh-an-iontas · 9 days

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Ivan, the Grey Wolf, and the Firebird

I wrote a retelling of this russian fairy tale a while ago, and illustrated it using the LoveNikki fashion game. The story writing was straightforward. The image generation was ... not. Like, it took a LONG time to get it all done, longer than I thought it would.

I wish I could have drawn out the scenes myself, but my art skills are LACKING, so I worked with the tools I had. Anyway, I thought about making this into one HUGE post but I figure it'll be kinder to spread it out and just have a bunch of posts all linked.

Or maybe the huge post would be kinder, and now I'm going to torture you all.

ANYWAY.

Here is my retelling. I hope you don't hate it.

#Ivan the Grey Wolf and the Firebird #Ivan #Grey Wolf #Firebird #russian #fairy tales #fairytale #retelling #fiction #fantasy #once upon a time #russian fairy tales #russian fairytale #prince ivan #long post

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fernsandtales · 1 year

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Russian Fairytales in pdf download, 1902 edition, illustrated by Ivan Bilibin from the National Children’s Literature Archive.

The first time I came across the whole books, and I’m totally fascinated - even the smallest details tie in so harmoniously. Just love it.

The Frog Princess

Vasilisa The Beautiful

Maria Morevna

#russian folk #fairytale #russian fairy tales #ivan bilibin #Illustration

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booksinfact · 1 year

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You know what Konstantin and Vasya both need? A sense of humor. Then they would see that they have the fortune to date the most hilarious twins ever (even if one of them is not hilarious on purpose).

#the winternight trilogy #the bear and the nightingale #the girl in the tower #the winter of the witch #medved #morozko #vasya petrovna #konstantin nikonovich #katherine arden #russian fairy tales #vasya x morozko

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maysoulrose · 5 months

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This is Vasilisa the Beautiful. A Russian fairytale, from a beautifully animated film I grew up watching and hold dear to my heart.

I love the art style so much, I tried to incorporate it into my piece here, while still adding my personal style and flairs to it!

I really loved mimicking this style with all the shapes and details. It was really relaxing just throwing in whatever I felt like. I also LOVE drawing water like this!!! Just squished ovals all over hehe.

I drew this with the intension of using it as an embroidery guide... so hopefully I'll do that!

Also, upon looking for my first fanart I did, I found that I did it exactly 10 years ago! It's nice to see my progress as an artist <3

If you want to watch the Soviet film it's here on youtube! There's probably English subtitles, but I just listen to it as it is and enjoy the visual storytelling.

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sovietpostcards · 3 months

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The Firebird. Vintage wooden box made in Palekh, painted by N. Vanilkova (USSR, 1976).

#things #palekh #book illustration #traditional #russia #1970s #russian fairy tales

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loiladadiani · 8 months

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Frog Princess

Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848 – 1926)

Vasnetsov was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and romantic nationalistic painting and a key figure in the Russian Revivalist movement.

Nobody needs to tell me that he was a genius. The world of Russian/Slavic fairy tales is beautiful, cruel, complicated, etc. Vasnetsov got into that world and painted it so we could see it and would miss nothing. You should check some of his other work.

#russian history #russian art #russian fairy tales #Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov

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lepetitdragonvert · 3 months

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