Photo, Print, Drawing Sibirskiĭ kadetskiĭ korpus v Omske. Сибирский кадетский корпус в Омске.
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Title
- Sibirskiĭ kadetskiĭ korpus v Omske.
Other Title
- Сибирский кадетский корпус в Омске.
Translated Title
- Siberian Cadet Corps in Omsk as Viewed from the Irtysh River.
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
- - postroĭki
- - Sibir'
- - Omsk
- - Boarding schools
- - Education
- - Government buildings
- - Military education
- - Russia. Army
- - Schools
- - Russian Federation
- - Omsk Oblast
- - Смирнов
- - графика
- - постройки
- - Сибирь
- - Омск
Notes
- - Avtorskai︠a︡ podpis' - nizhniĭ levyĭ ugol (karandash). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona lista v t︠s︡entre - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "Omsk" (tush'); "Sibirskiĭ kadetskiĭ korpus so storony Irtysha 1903" (karandash; skoropis'). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona paspartu verkhniĭ levyĭ ugol - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "khud. Smirnov B.V. Sibirskiĭ kadetskiĭ korpus v Omske 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 в центре - авторская надпись: "Омск" (тушь); "Сибирский кадетский корпус со стороны Иртыша 1903" (карандаш; скоропись). Тыльная сторона паспарту верхний левый угол - авторская надпись: "худ. Смирнов Б.В. Сибирский кадетский корпус в Омске рис. 1904 г." (скоропись; фиолетовые чернила).
Medium
- 1 drawing : pencil ; 9.8 x 21.7 cm.
Source Collection
- Boris Smirnov Print Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2018688226
Online Format
- image