Bilibin I.Y., (1876-1942), artist

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BILIBIN Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942), graphic artist, stage designer, Ph.D. (Arts History) 1939. He studied in the Drawing School of the Society for Encouragement of the Arts in 1895-98, Princess M. K. Tenisheva’s Studio School in 1898-1900, and the Academy of Arts in 1900-04. He graduated from Petersburg University with a major in law in 1900. He was a member of the World of Art Association from 1900. Involved in satirical graphics in 1905-06, he published his cartoons in Adskaya Pochta and Zhupel magazines. A professional illustrator of fairy tales and epics, he did illustrations in an ornamental style based on the pastiche of the Russian folk art. He was also renowned as a stage designer who sketched the scenery and costumes for N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tale of Tsar Saltan for the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre in 1937. He was a teacher in the Drawing School of the Society for Encouragement of Arts in 1907-17. He lived abroad in 1920-36 and returned in 1936 to become the chief of the graphic art studio of the Academy of Arts. He died during the siege and was buried in the common grave of professors of the Academy of Arts near Smolenskoe Cemetery. He lived at 70 Zagorodny Avenue till 1900, 11 Mytninskaya Embankment in 1900-13, 43 Tenth Line of Vasilievsky Island in 1913-15, 12 Grechesky Avenue in 1915-17, 20 Plutalova Street in 1936-37 (the house has not been preserved), and 25 Gulyarnaya Street (today, Lizy Chaykinoy Street) in 1937-42 (memorial plaque).

Reference: Иван Яковлевич Билибин: Ст., письма, воспоминания о художнике / Сост. С. В. Голынец. Л., 1970; Иван Яковлевич Билибин, 1876-1942: [Альбом] / Авт.-сост. Т. Ф. Верижникова. СПб., 2002.

V. I. Dedyulin. Bilibin Ivan Yakovlevich
Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolay Andreevich
Tenisheva Maria Klavdievna
10th Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 43
Grechesky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 12
Lizy Chaikinoy St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 25
Mytninskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 11
Plutalova St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 20
Zagorodny Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city, house 70
Иван Яковлевич Билибин: Ст., письма, воспоминания о художнике / Сост. С. В. Голынец. Л., 1970 Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
State University, St. Petersburg
World of Art, Association
Mariinsky Theatre