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Jiří Trnka made in 1959 his amazing animation 'Midsummer Night's Dream', but before that he illustrated Shakespeare's play in colour lithographs . #WyrdWednesday
Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls has inspired so many illustrations. These etchings by Chagall among the most famous. Satire but Chagall seems to have such fun with space and line and composition.
Evgeny Rachev's illustrated cards depicting scenes from Ivan Krylov's fables. #FairyTaleTuesday
This recent Russian collector's edition of Aesop's Fables won the Le Bologna Raggazi Award illustrated by Jean-François Martin #FairyTaleTuesday
And don't forget the ducks! Yevgeny Charushin rocks the farmyard! No one does chicks and -lings like Yevgeny - and his son Nikita keeps on the tradition.
Hares from Yuri Vasnetsov for the Easter weekend! #soviet #sovietart
More images from Vladimir Konashevich of the #soviet horror story for children about the attack of the household items. And the eventual meet-up with the scary crocodile. Don't forget to maintain your hygiene! #FaustianFriday
On the street, the boy meets a crocodile who gets angry at him, for being so dirty, that the boy runs back home to wash. Many artists have drawn Moydodyr, here are images by Vladimir Konashevich from 1939 and the previous was by Yuri Uzbyakov from 1950's #FaustianFriday
Remembering the Moscow games today - 1980 - and the beautiful commercial design - what child wasn't inspired to be part of this utopia, clean, elegant, a modern city cathedral of health.
These pictures of the little match girl are by Natalia Demidova - #FairyTaleTuesday