Photo, Print, Drawing Svi︠a︡shchennik-staroobri︠a︡det︠s︡ iz Krasnoi︠a︡rska. Священник-старообрядец из Красноярска.
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Title
- Svi︠a︡shchennik-staroobri︠a︡det︠s︡ iz Krasnoi︠a︡rska.
Other Title
- Священник-старообрядец из Красноярска.
Translated Title
- Old Believer Priest from Krasnoyarsk.
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
- - portret
- - staroobri︠a︡dt︠s︡y
- - t︠s︡erkov'
- - Sibir'
- - Krasnoi︠a︡rsk
- - Christians
- - Old Believers
- - Portrait drawings
- - Portraits
- - Priests
- - Russian Federation
- - Buryatia, Republic of
- - Irkutsk Oblast
- - Krasnoyarsk Krai
- - Krasnoyarsk
- - Смирнов
- - графика
- - портрет
- - старообрядцы
- - церковь
- - Сибирь
- - Красноярск
Notes
- - Avtorskai︠a︡ podpis' - nizhniĭ levyĭ ugol (karandash). Na lit︠s︡evoĭ storone paspartu obnaruzhen risunok (karandash) s avtorskoĭ podpis'i︠u︡ v nizhnem levom uglu. Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona paspartu sverkhu - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "khud. Smirnov B.V.", nizhe - "Na beregu Baĭkala okolo st. mysovoĭ ris. 1904 g. (zacherknuto) - nadpis', veroi︠a︡tno, otnositsi︠a︡ k obnaruzhennomu risunku. Nizhe - "Svi︠a︡shchennik staroobri︠a︡det︠s︡ iz Krasnoi︠a︡rska ris. 1904 g." (skoropis'; fioletovye chernila).
- - Original image at: Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife
- - Авторская подпись - нижний левый угол (карандаш). На лицевой стороне паспарту обнаружен рисунок (карандаш) с авторской подписью в нижнем левом углу. Тыльная сторона паспарту сверху - авторская надпись: "худ. Смирнов Б.В.", ниже - "На берегу Байкала около ст. мысовой рис. 1904 г. (зачеркнуто) - надпись, вероятно, относится к обнаруженному рисунку. Ниже - "Священник старообрядец из Красноярска рис. 1904 г." (скоропись; фиолетовые чернила).
Medium
- 1 drawing : pencil and charcoal ; 35.3 x 25.8 cm.
Source Collection
- Boris Smirnov Print Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2018688218
Online Format
- image