#zvorykin

[yngwrthr]

Boris Zvorykin, folkloric hammer and sickle designs in the “Soviet Calendar for 1919”.

[danganronpaul]

Folk tale art by Boris Vasilyevich Zvorykin

[doubtspirit]

Boris Vasil'evich Zvorykin (born 1872) The Monk

[researchofhype]

[hroniki]

[russian-style]

Boris Zvorykin - Illustrations to "Boris Godunov"

"Boris Godunov" is a play by Alexander Pushkin, written in 1825. The play is based on history of Boris Godunov's reign (1598-1605), which is believed to be the beginning of Smuta ( "The Time of Troubles", but I prefer Russian term).

Smuta was a crucial period in Russian history. Civil war, Polish and Sweden invasions, total chaos in governmental, economical and social structures - Smuta almost destroyed  the country. 

Pushkin wrote his play  inspired by Shakespeare's historical dramas. "Boris Godunov" is highly reverenced in Russian culture - there're opera by Mussorgsky, based on the play, and  thousand allusions in poetry, literature, art  etc.

By the legend, Pushkin himself was so exulted after finishing the play, that cried: "What a Pushkin, what a son of a bitch!"

[mmhawkes]

I adore the work of Boris Zvorykin. His use of colour and patterning is gorgeous. He also makes me kind of hate myself as an illustrator, haha. I must work harder!

[zolotoivek]

Boris Zvorykin - Illustration from The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish, undated.