Photo, Print, Drawing Student v ti︠u︡remnoĭ kamere. Avtoportret. Студент в тюремной камере. Автопортрет.

Title

• Student v ti︠u︡remnoĭ kamere. Avtoportret.

Other Title

• Студент в тюремной камере. Автопортрет.

Translated Title

• Student (Political Prisoner) in a Prison Cell. Self-Portrait.

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 , associated name.

Created / Published

• Irkutsk, Russia : [publisher not identified], 1904

Headings

• -  Smirnov
• -  grafika
• -  portret
• -  ėtnografii︠a︡
• -  ti︠u︡r'ma
• -  Sibir'
• -  Irkutsk
• -  Political prisoners
• -  Portrait drawings
• -  Portraits
• -  Students
• -  Russian Federation
• -  Buryatia, Republic of
• -  Irkutsk Oblast
• -  Смирнов
• -  графика
• -  портрет
• -  этнография
• -  тюрьма
• -  Сибирь
• -  Иркутск

Notes

• -  Avtorskai︠a︡ podpis' - vnizu v t︠s︡entre (chernyĭ karandash). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona lista: tri nabroska zhenskikh figur (karandash), v t︠s︡entre - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "Student v ti︠u︡remnoĭ kamere v Irkutske 1903 g." (skoropis'; karandash). Tyl'nai︠a︡ storona paspartu sverkhu - avtorskai︠a︡ nadpis': "khud. Smirnov B.V. Student v ti︠u︡remnoĭ kamere v Irkutske 1904 (politicheskiĭ)" (fioletovye chernila) "Avtoportret" (skoropis'; tush').
• -  Original image at: Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife
• -  Авторская подпись - внизу в центре (черный карандаш). Тыльная сторона листа: три наброска женских фигур (карандаш), в центре - авторская надпись: "Студент в тюремной камере в Иркутске 1903 г." (скоропись; карандаш). Тыльная сторона паспарту сверху - авторская надпись: "худ. Смирнов Б.В. Студент в тюремной камере в Иркутске 1904 (политический)" (фиолетовые чернила) "Автопортрет" (скоропись; тушь).

Medium

• 1 drawing : pencil ; 22 x 17.5 cm.

Source Collection

• Boris Smirnov Print Collection

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/mtfxph.wsm0018
• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.18583

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2018688225

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2018688225

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