Does anyone recognize this art style?

[levelord]

It has been in my parents' house since I was a year or two old.  When my father died, I took it with me and it now hangs in my house.  This is a very important picture for me because it has so many memories attached to it.

I remember my mother telling me, when I was very young, that it is Russian, but now she does not remember any details.

I have

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[ex_biolante]

This style called "лубок" (lubok).

[lotrin]

Was about to write the same thing :)

Here's an article about lubok featuring your picture ^^ http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/Lubok/lubsatir.html

[lotrin]

Какие твои годы ;)

Kruto, kruto, kruto!

[levelord]

...bolshoe spasibo! You people are great ;)

[ex_biolante]

BTW here (http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/Lubok/lubsatir.html third from top) - is same as yours :)

Lubok

[ex_biolante]

As I remember, this is a one of an old russian styles of painting - "lubok" - if I'm not mistaken it's time period is about XIV or XVI century, and it's belong to the Pskov oldrussian painting scholl .

[depechist]

Levelord, look these color photos of Imperial Russia. I think to you it will be interesting. =)

[depechist]

The photos have been made in 1909-1912 and 1915.

[depechist]

Damn. I forget give a link... )))
http://www.livejournal.com/users/kot_begemott/73148.html

Those pictures are beautiful!

[levelord]

Everything look so clean and beautiful. I look at the pictures of the young girls and think "Wow, they are so young, but by now they have grown older, had children, lived, and died." Old pictures are so evocative.