Photo, Print, Drawing Deti pereselent︠s︡ev v puti. Дети переселенцев в пути.
About this Item
Title
- Deti pereselent︠s︡ev v puti.
Other Title
- Дети переселенцев в пути.
Translated Title
- Children of Migrants on the Road.
Summary
- Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia. Along the way he created a series of drawings and watercolors of the people and places he encountered. Best known as a portraitist, Smirnov focused on the faces of the men and women he met, who included exiles, prisoners, settlers from Ukraine and western Russia, local military and civilian officials, peasants and merchants. His works from this period also include a handful of drawings of houses and landscapes. The sketches were made in the Ural Mountains, Irkutsk, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, and in villages along the route. The details of Smirnov's journey are sketchy. Some accounts say that he traveled along the Great Siberian Road as a volunteer on the way to the front in the Russo-Japanese War. Other accounts say that he was an exile, possibly sent to Siberia for refusing to be conscripted into the army. The Great Siberian Road, depicted in several of Smirnov's drawings, was the route from Moscow to China via Siberia. Smirnov's collection of 99 graphic items is preserved in the Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife. The collection was acquired by the museum from the artist in 1950. It was digitized for the Meeting of Frontiers project in the early 2000s. The complete collection is presented in the World Digital Library. World Digital Library.
Names
- Smirnov, Boris Vasil'evich, , 1881-1954 , artist.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1904
Headings
- - Smirnov
- - grafika
- - portret
- - ėtnografii︠a︡
- - pereselent︠s︡y
- - Sibir'
- - Children
- - Clothing and dress
- - Migrants
- - Portrait drawings
- - Portraits
- - Russian Federation
- - Смирнов
- - графика
- - портрет
- - этнография
- - переселенцы
- - Сибирь
Notes
- - Avtorskai︠a︡ podpis' - nizhniĭ levyĭ ugol (karandash). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona lista: dva nabroska zhenskikh figur, po verkhnemu krai︠u︡ - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "Deti pereselent︠s︡ev vo vremi︠a︡ puti 1903 g." (skoropis'; karandash). Lit︠s︡evai︠a︡ storona paspartu po nizhnemu krai︠u︡ - "Deti pereselent︠s︡ev v puti" (skoropis'; chernai︠a︡ sharikovai︠a︡ ruchka). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona paspartu verkhniĭ levyĭ ugol - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "khud. Smirnov B.V. Deti pereselent︠s︡ev v puti ris. 1904 g." (skoropis'; fioletovye chernila).
- - Original image at: Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife
- - Авторская подпись - нижний левый угол (карандаш). Тыльная сторона листа: два наброска женских фигур, по верхнему краю - авторская надпись: "Дети переселенцев во время пути 1903 г." (скоропись; карандаш). Лицевая сторона паспарту по нижнему краю - "Дети переселенцев в пути" (скоропись; черная шариковая ручка). Тыльная сторона паспарту верхний левый угол - авторская надпись: "худ. Смирнов Б.В. Дети переселенцев в пути рис. 1904 г." (скоропись; фиолетовые чернила).
Medium
- 1 drawing : colored pencil ; 33.7 x 26.7 cm.
Source Collection
- Boris Smirnov Print Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2018688246
Online Format
- image