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An OK overview of a wonderful artist.
Although sometimes listed as 228 pages, this oversized quarto (@ 9"x12") is really 225 pages plus title page and endpapers.There are 98 full color plates and 80 black and white plates, plus black and white photo illustrations illustrating the life and work of Ivan Bilibin, Russia's most famous turn-of-the- century artist and illustrator (1876-1942.)

The book includes 28 color illustrations from his best-known early period, including watercolor illustrations for "Vasilissa the Beautiful", 29 illustrations from his later work, including "The Golden Cockerel", 28 color examples of his theater design work and approximately 11 color examples of his landscape paintings (I'm missing 2 pages of my copy) in addition to black and white illustrations which include paintings by and of Bilibin.

A biography of the artist is, of course included.It provides a general overview of his life from his student days, his first commission to illustrate Russian folktales, his exile to Egypt following the Russian revolution, his work as a theater designer, his return to Russia in 1936 and his premature death during the siege of Leningrad during World War II.

The art is wonderful, but the book could be better organized. ... Read more

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