Photo, Print, Drawing Za vechernim chteniem. За вечерним чтением.
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Title
- Za vechernim chteniem.
Other Title
- За вечерним чтением.
Translated Title
- Reading the Magazine "Niva" in the Evening.
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
- Omsk : [publisher not identified], 1904.
Headings
- - Smirnov
- - grafika
- - Sibir'
- - Interiors
- - Lamps
- - Reading
- - Recreation
- - Russian Federation
- - Irkutsk Oblast
- - Смирнов
- - графика
- - Сибирь
Notes
- - Avtorskai︠a︡ podpis' - nizhniĭ levyĭ ugol (karandash). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona lista: sverkhu - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "Boris Vasil'evich Smirnov" (chernai︠a︡ akvarel'); v t︠s︡entre - "Za chteniem zhurnala "Niva" Irkutsk 1903" (skoropis'; kar.). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona paspartu verkhniĭ levyĭ ugol - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "khud. Smirnov B.V. Omsk Za vechernim chteniem" (fioletovye chernila) "(zhurnal "Niva")" (chernye chernila); "ris. t︠s︡v. kar. 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: сверху - авторская надпись: "Борис Васильевич Смирнов" (черная акварель); в центре - "За чтением журнала "Нива" Иркутск 1903" (скоропись; кар.). Тыльная сторона паспарту верхний левый угол - авторская надпись: "худ. Смирнов Б.В. Омск За вечерним чтением" (фиолетовые чернила) "(журнал "Нива")" (черные чернила); "рис. цв. кар. 1904 г." (скоропись; фиолетовые чернила).
Medium
- 1 drawing : colored pencils and pastels ; 25.5 x 21.0 cm.
Source Collection
- Boris Smirnov Print Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2018688304
Online Format
- image