Boris Zvorykin (1872-1942) was a Russian artist, ornamentalism graphic painter, icon painter, and translator.
Boris Zvorykin became one of the most famous authors of drawings for Christmas, New Year, Butter week, and Easter postcards. He was involved in the design of theater programs, gala dinner menus, and greeting addresses.
Zvorykin is also well-known as the author of artistic postcards who painted a series of watercolors themed Troubled Times, The Invasion of Napoleon in 1812, Russian Children, Proverbs, Russian Temples, Russian Epics, Hunting and others.
The most renowned artworks by Boris Zvorykin are illustrations for A. Pushkin's book Boris Godunov, and illustrations for the collection of fairy tales The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales: The Snow Maiden, Vasilisa the Beautiful, Marya Morevna and The Firebird.
The commemorative stamp provides a portrait of Boris Zvorykin; the main illustration features illustrations by B. Zvorykin for The Tale of the Grey Wolf, the cover of the 1912 calendar, the cover of the book The Tale of the Golden Cockerel, and the Christ is Risen! postcard, as well as the artist's working tools.
| Denomination |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the postal card |
Edition |
| Letter “B” |
Chalk surfaced |
Offset |
103 × 195 mm |
4 thousand postcards |