Vasily Vereshchagin1842–1904Солон
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Солон” now? Collection: Radishchev Art Museum, Saratov. Unknown.
Saratov, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in Russian
Около стены, расписанной живописью, стоит китаец, во рту он держит длинную трубку. Одет в серый стёганый халат, в нескольких местах прорванный. На ногах синие туфли с деревянными подошвами.
Radishchev Art Museum
Details
- Accession number
- Ж-94
In the catalog
Sources
- The State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia
- Image: Radishchev Art Museum — © Саратовский художественный музей имени А. Н. Радищева · Госкаталог музейного фонда РФ
In the life of Vasily Vereshchagin
The whole life1867
Artist to General Kaufman
He gladly accepted the invitation of Konstantin Kaufman, Governor-General of Turkestan, to serve as artist on his staff — the beginning of his Turkestan period.
2 – 8 June 1868
Defense of the Samarkand Citadel
He received his baptism of fire, enduring with a handful of Russian soldiers the grueling siege of the Samarkand citadel; for his heroism in its defense he was awarded the Cross of St. George, 4th class.
early 1869
The Turkestan Exhibition
With Kaufman's assistance he organized a "Turkestan exhibition" in the capital, showing works painted in Tashkent, Samarkand, the Kazakh steppes, and Turkestan.
1869–1870
Second Journey Through Turkestan
He made a second journey through the Turkestan region, producing a large number of drawings and studies from nature, keeping travel diaries, and assembling collections of applied art.
1871
Begins Life with Elizaveta Fischer
His life with his first wife, Elizaveta Fischer, began; because of Vereshchagin's skeptical attitude toward church rites, they were not married in church until 1883, in Vologda.
