Russian folk tales and children paintings

The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights1by Aleksandr Pushkin With his suite the Tsar departed.The Tsaritsa tender-heartedAt the window sat alone,Wishing he would hurry home.All day every day she waited,Gazing till her dedicatedEyes grew weak from overstrain,Gazing at the empty plain.Not a sign of her beloved!Nothing but the snowflakes hurriedHeaping drifts upon […]

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Practical use of children’s paintings The children’s paintings were also used in practical contexts. Many of the paintings in the catalog were used to make calendars and so on. Such as the Pushkin calendar shown here.