Photo, Print, Drawing Sirotka iz sem'i pereselent︠s︡ev prodaet t︠s︡vety v Irkutske. Сиротка из семьи переселенцев продает цветы в Иркутске.
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Title
- Sirotka iz sem'i pereselent︠s︡ev prodaet t︠s︡vety v Irkutske.
Other Title
- Сиротка из семьи переселенцев продает цветы в Иркутске.
Translated Title
- Migrant Orphan Selling Blue Snowdrop Flowers in 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
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1904
Headings
- - Smirnov
- - grafika
- - ėtnografii︠a︡
- - pereselent︠s︡y
- - Sibir'
- - Irkutsk
- - Clothing and dress
- - Flowers
- - Orphans
- - Russian Federation
- - Irkutsk Oblast
- - Смирнов
- - графика
- - этнография
- - переселенцы
- - Сибирь
- - Иркутск
Notes
- - Avtorskai︠a︡ podpis' - nizhniĭ pravyĭ ugol (karandash). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona lista v verkhneĭ polovine - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "Devochka pereselent︠s︡a prodaet podsnezhniki na ulit︠s︡e Irkutska 1903" (skoropis'; karandash). Lit︠s︡evai︠a︡ storona paspartu vnizu - "Sirotka iz sem'i pereselent︠s︡ev" (chernai︠a︡ sharikovai︠a︡ ruchka). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona paspartu sverkhu - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis' (chast' nadpisi srezana): "... prodaet t︠s︡vety v Irkutske 1904 g." (skoropis'; fioletovye chernila); v t︠s︡entre sprava - "Sirotka iz sem'i pereselent︠s︡ev prodaet" (chernai︠a︡ sharikovai︠a︡ ruchka) "t︠s︡vety v Irkutske" (zelenyĭ flomaster).
- - Original image at: Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife
- - Авторская подпись - нижний правый угол (карандаш). Тыльная сторона листа в верхней половине - авторская надпись: "Девочка переселенца продает подснежники на улице Иркутска 1903" (скоропись; карандаш). Лицевая сторона паспарту внизу - "Сиротка из семьи переселенцев" (черная шариковая ручка). Тыльная сторона паспарту сверху - авторская надпись (часть надписи срезана): "... продает цветы в Иркутске 1904 г." (скоропись; фиолетовые чернила); в центре справа - "Сиротка из семьи переселенцев продает" (черная шариковая ручка) "цветы в Иркутске" (зеленый фломастер).
Medium
- 1 drawing : colored pencil ; 23.5 x 14.0 cm.
Source Collection
- Boris Smirnov Print Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2018688269
Online Format
- image