Jan 4, 2024
Viktor Britvin's illustration for russian tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful".
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Viktor Britvin's illustration for russian tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful".
Little Red Riding Hood's been always my favourite Grimm tale, when we watched it in kindergarten I always went to the classroom excitedly, because I could never get bored of the plot. Last time I revisited this topic, I painted the little gal as Alice in Wonderland. That was my first oil painting from when I was 16. Now that I am 26 and have a little more understanding of story telling, and finding my illustrative voice, I wanted to give it a try once again. I will probably never get bored of this story ❤️ Might do a little project of illustrating stories I used to love when I was a child.
Ivan Bilibin's illustration for russian tale "Marya Morevna".
Tamara Shevaryova's illustration for russian tale "Marya Morevna".
Koshchei the Deathless is an archetypal male antagonist in Russian folklore.
The most common feature of tales involving Koschei is a spell which prevents him from being killed. He hides "his death" inside nested objects to protect it. For example, his death may be hidden in a needle that is hidden inside an egg, the egg is in a duck, the duck is in a hare, the hare is in a chest, the chest is buried or chained up on a far island. Usually he takes the role of a malevolent rival figure, who competes for (or entraps) a male hero's love interest.
The origin of the tales is unknown. The archetype may contain elements derived from the 12th-century pagan Cuman-Kipchak (Polovtsian) leader Khan Konchak, who is recorded in The Tale of Igor's Campaign; over time a balanced view of the non-Christian Cuman Khan may have been distorted or caricatured by Christian Slavic writers.
Lana Kulagina's illustration for russian tale "Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Grey Wolf".
Alyona Solomatina's illustration for russian tale "Marya Morevna".
Nikolai Vorobyov's illustration for russian epic poem (bylina) "Dobrynya and the Serpent".
Natalya Trepenok's illustration for russian tale "Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka".