Country Folks

Vyaceslav Legkobit

This time of year always finds me in the mood for some 

good old fashioned folk-inspired art from Russia and Eastern Europe.

I would be very happy to live in the same village as all these lively creatures!

Russian figurine, thanks to Made with Love by Hannah (check out her blog 

fully of lovely hand-crafted, folk-inspired clothing, art and tutorials)

Yuri Vasnetsov, Russian folk song, via HannaRivka

Russian Folk Tales, author unknown, thanks to normanack 

Vladimir Golozubov, Two Roosters, thanks to Kievljanka

Yevgeny Charushin

Josef Lada, thanks to 50 Watts 

Solomea Loboda, linocut from Ukrainian folk Rhymes, thanks to polny shkaf

another lovely book from HannaRivka

 L'udovita Fullu, Varila Mysicka Kasicku, 1966 ( a lucky vintage bookstore find)

Rumen Skorchev, Bulgarian Folk Tales, 1979, 

and N. Trepenok, Sharp-toothed Mouse and Rich Sparrow, 

thanks to Book Graphics

Feodor Rojankovsky, The three bears, 1967 

Sunday Safari - Winter Moon

Alex Alendreyev, thanks to The Graphic Side of Life

Jun Takabatake, illustration from Quien soy, thanks to Col.leccionàrium

Micah Lidberg, Pronghorn

Charles Mikolaycak, illustration from Great Wolf and the Good Woodsman, 1967

thanks to The Art of Children's Picture Books

Claude Lapointe, illustration from L'Appel de la forêt, 1979

 

Jonathan Woodward

Peter Spier, The fox went out on a chilly night, 1961, thanks to Curio Books

 Mary Sumner, Moonlit Sheep, thanks to the art room plant

Alain Bailhache, illustration from The beautiful world of hoopoe

Kiki Maconi, 1957, thanks to Vaula

Julia Gukova, illustration from The Legendary Unicorn

V. Pertsov, illustration from The little pig in the prikly fur coat, 

thanks to Book Graphics

Feodor Rojankovsky, Scaf the seal, 1936, thanks to 50 Watts

Sunday Safari - Better Homes & Gardens

Else Wenz-Viëtor, illustration from Hochzeit Im Walde, 1921, thanks to Arthur van Kruining


It's September again, a year since I posted Animalarium's first collection of animal houses,
and I am in the mood for more dream homes! I hope you are too...

Felix Lorioux, illustration from Fables De La Fontaine via the Hollywood Animation Archive

Miss Prickles from Bobby Bear's Annual, 1949, thanks to moonflygirl

Maginel Wright, thanks to Japonisme

 Romain Simon, illustration from Bravo tortue, 1950, thanks to micky the pixel 

Margaret Bloy Graham, illustration from The meanest squirrel I ever met, 1962,

via Curio Books

 Garth Williams, illustration from Three little animals, 1956, thanks to Sweet Juniper!

Russell and Lillian Hoban, illustration from The Mole Family's Christmas, 1969,

thanks to Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Adelchi Galloni, illustration from La caccia alla tigre, 1975

Jean de Brunhoff, illustration from Babar and Zephir, 1937

George Mendoza, two illustrations from House by Mouse, thanks to raincloud and bijou kaleidoscope

Jill Barklem, illustration from Spring Story - A Birthday Surprise for Wilfred

Agata Dudek, illustration from The Crows of Pearblossom

Daria Tessler at Animal Sleep Stories

Sunday Safari – Prickly & Sweet

 Alessandro Sanna

Mirko Hanak, Animals We Love, 1972, thanks to art.crazed

 Ericailcane, Palloncino

Andrea Marescalchi, Arricciato

 Ferdinand Bauer, Erinaceus from Fauna Graeca, or Animals of the Levant, Vol. 1

Chen Yu Ping, Fruits in Frost, print from Heilongjiang

thanks to A Journey Round My Skull

 Miumau (?)

 Sabater Pi, 1964, thanks to a beautiful recent post on BibliOdyssey

Barry Moser

 Vladimir Zimakov, Finnish landscape

Joanne Liu, Hedgehog goes rainbow

 Yuri Vasnetsov, Ruff kids

Patricia Mullins, All in together, 1974, thanks to flamenconut