Bidspirit auction | 5 Bulgarian antique postcards, design
5 Bulgarian antique postcards, design of 2 PC by the Artist Ivan Bilibin, early 20th cen. - 5 Bulgarian antique postcards, design of 2 PC by the Artist Ivan Bilibin, early 20th cen. 1. Ferdinand I of Bulgaria 1887 - 1912 postcards designed by Russian artist Ivan Bilibin. 2. Photo PC of Bulgarian Tsar Boris III, 1912 with facsimile signature in the plate 3. FDC Philatelic exhibition, Sofia, 1938 4. PC from 1920 Light wear, couple of stains Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (Russian: Иван Яковлевич Билибин, 16 August [O.S. 4 August] 1876 – 7 February 1942) was a Russian illustrator and stage designer who took part in the Mir iskusstva (”World of Art”), contributed to the Ballets Russes, co-founded the Union of Russian Artists, and from 1937 was a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR. Ivan Bilibin gained popularity with his illustrations of Russian folk tales and Slavic folklore. Throughout his career he was inspired by the art and culture of medieval Russia Boris III (Bulgarian: Борѝс III ; Boris Treti; 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1894 – 28 August 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier), [a] was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in 1943.