Ivan Bilibin: 1876-1942

I love these illustrations by Ivan Bilibin of Baba Yaga (the lower illustration) and Vasilisa.  Dark and beautifully unsettling (as fairy tales really are).  I had never heard the tale of Baba Yaga until I worked with a Ukranian woman.  Today while refreshing my memory of her fable, I discovered Ivan Bilibin’s illustrations.

ivan bilibin, vasilisa, jaga baba, thelooksee, fairy tales, russian

ivan bilibin, babayaga, jaga baba, thelooksee, fairy tales, russian

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