This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
Contes de L’Isba (Tales of Izba) - a collection of Russian fairy tales published in France in 1931 and illustrated by Ivan Bilibin (who left Russia in 1920).
Easter postcard by Ivan Bilibin (1911)
The most comprehensive compilation of Bilibin’s works ever published in the Soviet Union.
Boxed gift set consisting of perfume, cologne and scented powder. The picture on the box is by Ivan Bilibin. (c. late 1940s or early 1950s)
Aleksandra Schekatikhina-Pototskaya - artist, designer, and the third (and last) wife of Ivan Bilibin.
Pictured are a few examples of propaganda porcelain she designed in 1919-1921 in Petersburg.
Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander Pushkin - Soviet book in Spanish, 1973. Illustrated by Ivan Bilibin ()
The Princess Frog illustrated by Ivan Bilibin, book published in 1992 ()
Lettering by Ivan Bilibin (early 1900—1920s).
Based on traditional Russian lettering styles: устав (uncial), полуустав (semi-uncial) and скоропись (cursive).
Today is Ivan Bilibin’s birthday! He was born on August 16, 1876.
The Frog Princess, postcard illustrated by Ivan Bilibin, 1958 ()
“By the well”, postcard art by Ivan Bilibin, 1958 ()
Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf, postcard by Ivan Bilibin, 1958 ()
Finest the Brave Falcon, Russian fairy tale illustrated by Ivan Bilibin. Published in 1985, this edition is in Czech.
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