Photo, Print, Drawing Za muzhem na katorgu. За мужем на каторгу.
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Title
- Za muzhem na katorgu.
Other Title
- За мужем на каторгу.
Translated Title
- Following the Husband to Hard Labor. Irkutsk.
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
- Irkutsk, Russia : [publisher not identified], 1904
Headings
- - Smirnov
- - grafika
- - portret
- - katorga
- - Sibir'
- - Irkutsk
- - Clothing and dress
- - Laborers
- - Portrait drawings
- - Portraits
- - Russian Federation
- - Irkutsk Oblast
- - Смирнов
- - графика
- - портрет
- - каторга
- - Сибирь
- - Иркутск
Notes
- - Avtorskai︠a︡ podpis' - nizhniĭ levyĭ ugol (karandash). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona lista sverkhu - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "V katorgu za muzhem dobrovol'no. Chita (zacherknuto) Irkutsk 1903 g." (skoropis'; karandash) Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona paspartu sverkhu sleva - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "khud. Smirnov B.V. Za muzhem v katorgu po dobroĭ vole. Irkutsk. 1904 g. (Kursistka)" (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: "В каторгу за мужем добровольно. Чита (зачеркнуто) Иркутск 1903 г." (скоропись; карандаш) Тыльная сторона паспарту сверху слева - авторская надпись: "худ. Смирнов Б.В. За мужем в каторгу по доброй воле. Иркутск. 1904 г. (Курсистка)" (скоропись; фиолетовые чернила).
Medium
- 1 drawing : pencil and pastel ; 26 x 21.3 cm.
Source Collection
- Boris Smirnov Print Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2018688209
Online Format
- image