Editing Viktor Vasnetsov (section)

===Moscow (1877–1884)===
In the late 1870s Vasnetsov concentrated on illustrating Russian fairy tales and the epic narrative poem [[Bylina]]s, executing some of his best known pieces: ''The Knight at the Crossroads'' (1878), ''[[Prince Igor]]'s Battlefield'' (1878),
''Three princesses of the Underground Kingdom'' (completed 1884 ), ''The Flying Carpet'' (1880), and ''Alionushka'' (1881). These works were not appreciated at the time they appeared. Many radical critics dismissed them as undermining the realist principles of the [[Peredvizhniki]]. Even such prominent connoisseurs as [[Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov]] refused to buy them. The vogue for Vasnetsov's paintings would spread in the 1880s, when he turned to religious subjects and executed a series of icons for [[Abramtsevo Colony|Abramtsevo]] estate of his patron [[Savva Mamontov]].