Photo, Print, Drawing Zat︠s︡vela verba. Зацвела верба.

Title

• Zat︠s︡vela verba.

Other Title

• Зацвела верба.

Translated Title

• The Willow Began to Bloom in the Taiga.

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

• Krasnoi︠a︡rsk : [publisher not identified], 1904.

Headings

• -  Smirnov
• -  grafika
• -  peĭzazh
• -  Sibir'
• -  Bodies of water
• -  Flowers
• -  Forests
• -  Siberia
• -  Willows
• -  Russian Federation
• -  Смирнов
• -  графика
• -  пейзаж
• -  Сибирь

Notes

• -  Avtorskai︠a︡ podpis' - nizhniĭ pravyĭ ugol (guash', karandash). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona lista v verkhneĭ polovine - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "Zat︠s︡vela verba v taĭge 1903 g." (skoropis'; karandash). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona paspartu verkhniĭ levyĭ ugol - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "khud. B.V. Smirnov Zat︠s︡vela verba v taĭge guash' 1904 g." ( fioletovye chernila); "(v raĭone Krasnoi︠a︡rska)." (temno-fioletovye chernila; skoropis').
• -  Original image at: Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife
• -  Авторская подпись - нижний правый угол (гуашь, карандаш). Тыльная сторона листа в верхней половине - авторская надпись: "Зацвела верба в тайге 1903 г." (скоропись; карандаш). Тыльная сторона паспарту верхний левый угол - авторская надпись: "худ. Б.В. Смирнов Зацвела верба в тайге гуашь 1904 г." ( фиолетовые чернила); "(в районе Красноярска)." (темно-фиолетовые чернила; скоропись).

Medium

• 1 painting : gouache ; 13.5 x 21.0 cm.

Source Collection

• Boris Smirnov Print Collection

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/mtfxph.wsm0083
• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.18648

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2018688290

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2018688290

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