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IMPERIAL HUNT IN RUSSIA. Volume III.

SAMOKISH NIKOLAI SEMENOVICH (1860 – 1944)

One of the best Russian and Soviet battle and animal painters. In 1890, he received the title of academician. Since 1910, he was a professor and head of the battle-painting studio at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. After the revolution, he was a professor and head of the battle-painting studio at the Kharkov Art Institute.

IMPERIAL HUNT IN RUSSIA. Volume III.

Black and white version of the drawing for the cover page.

Signed lower left

Engraving on paper

40.2 х 28.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

The artist gave the painting to Jan Petrovich Birzgal.

Current owner acquired the painting in Riga in the early 2000s.

The artist gave the painting to Jan Petrovich Birzgal, to a significant Latvian figure and artist who played a key role in saving and preserving the cultural heritage of Crimea after the Revolution. Samokish originally visited the Crimea in 1918 to improve his health. This is where he met Birzgal, who knew about the talented artist since his studies in St. Petersburg at the Stieglitz Art Academy; he made every effort to support Samokish in his aspirations. In 1923, Birzgal left the army and occupied an important position in The People’s Commissariat for Education (Narkompros), which was dedicated to the promotion of Soviet cultural goals. Thanks to this position, he had an important role in the preservation of the cultural heritage of the place, from architecture to libraries, and its participation in the artistic life in the region was greatly increased. During his career, Birzgal was appointed director of several museums, including the Alupka Palace Museum (Vorontsov Palace) and the Simferopol Art Museum. In 1940, in honor of the 80th anniversary, Samokish was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. This event was marked by the publication of Birzgal’s book: N.S. Samokish: Life and Works. In 1949, Birzgal returned to Riga at the request of the government of the Latvian SSR, and brought with him his belongings, paintings, books and letters.

Birzgal remained in Riga until the end of his life, worked as the director of the Museum of Foreign Art.

CONDITION REPORT:

The painting is in very good condition.

Price on request.

Samokish Nikolai (Mikola) Semenovich – the most famous battle painter of Russia and Ukraine.

Depicted in his paintings events from several wars: Patriotic 1812, Russian-Japanese 1904-1905, World War I 1914. He participated in the last two as an artist on the front lines. The artist was a direct witness of the revolutionary and subsequent events in Russia.
In 1890, he received the title of academician. Since 1910, he was a professor and head of the battle-painting studio at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. After the revolution, he was a professor and head of the battle-painting studio at the Kharkov Art Institute.

The paintings of the academician of battle painting, Nikolai Semenovich Samokish, are presented in the following museums:
1. The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg;
2. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg;
3. Scientific-research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg;
4. The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps, St. Petersburg;
5. The State Museum of Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg (formerly The Leningrad Museum of the Revolution);
6. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow;
7. Battle of Borodino Museum-panorama, Moscow;
8. Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy Horse Breeding Museum;
9. The Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow;
10. Cultural Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Moscow;
11. The Glinka National Museum Consortium of Musical Culture, Moscow;
12. State Borodino War and History Museum and Reserve;
13. The National Art Museum of Ukraine;
14. Kharkiv State Museum of Fine Art;
15. Kharkov Historical museum;
16. Lviv National Art Gallery;
17. Odessa Fine Arts Museum;
18. Sevastopol Art Museum named after M.P. Kroshitsky;
19. Simferopol Art Gallery;
20. Sochi Art Museum;
21. Vorontsov Palace, Alupka;
22. The Mykolaiv Art Museum;
23. Poltava Art Museum;
24. Chernihiv Historical Museum;
25. Pskov state United historical-architectural and art Museum-reserve;
26. Primorskaya Gosudarstvennaya Kartinnaya Galereya, Vladivostok;
27. Surikov Krasnoyarsk Art Museum;
28. Buryat Republican Museum of Art T.S.Sampilov, Ulan-Ude;
29. Azerbaijan National Museum of Art, Baku;
30. Georgian National Museum Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi;
31. Vilnius State Museum of Art, etc.

IMPERIAL HUNT IN RUSSIA. Volume III.

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