Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin was a popular Russian graphic artist and stage designer. He created a special "Bilibin" style in book illustration; a style which is firmly rooted in the stylized forms of Russian folk and medieval art, such as the lubok (cheap popular print), embroidery, woodcuts, and illuminated manuscripts. Bilibin's use of the precise line associates him with the graphic work of Art Nouveau. Bilibin was best-known for his illustrations to fairy-tales and bylinas (old Russian epic poe...