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I am here to share firebird related media and bring spring to the world

[firebirdwatching]

Posts on this blog are tagged by format and creator's last names. It may be difficult with romanisations, but I shall do my best, I recommend trying multiple spellings if you're looking for something in particular :)

credit for my header and pfp!

Header: Ivan Bilibin, Сказки, 1903

pfp: Artuš Scheiner, ilustrace k pohádkám od K. J. Erbena, 1925-26

[russianfolklore]

Palekh painting on a small box with illustration of "Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf" tale.

Palekh miniature is a Russian folk handicraft of a miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (including the creation of small boxes, cigarette cases, and powder cases).

[sovietpostcards]

"From fairy tale to reality." Vintage Fedoskino lacquer box painted by Yu. Barinova (Russia, 1974).

[inkyami]

Before the firebird there ought to be a firechick Naturally, they hatch from fabergé, but painted eggs come through at times, too.

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[sovietpostcards]

Firebird. Decorative lacquer panel by V. Polyanina (Kholui art painting, USSR 1980s).

[scurviesdisneyblog]

The Sprite model sheets for Fantasia 2000′s “Firebird” sequence

[firebirdwatching]

Credits, left to right:

USSR Post, 1961, art by E. Komarov based on Pyotr Yershov's "The Little Humpbacked Horse"

USSR Post, 1976, art by Alexander Vasilyevich Kotukhin, Firebird, 1930