Development of a catalog of works by V.I. Surikov in the collection of the Krasnoyarsk Art Museum

Abstract

The article presents the results of research work on the development of the catalogue of artworks by V.I. Surikov in the Krasnoyarsk Art Museum. Here are the significant differences between the new reference edition and the existing, previously published catalogues of this collection. The study included the study of the history of the formation of the collection, the history of the creation and existence of works, its components, issues of attribution and dating, artistic analysis. This catalogue introduces into scientific circulation a significant number of updated and previously unknown information about the works of V.I. Surikov. The article presents examples of attribution and dating of Surikov's academic drawings, portraits, landscapes, sketches for his historical canvases, and also the history of composition and analysis of graphic sketches of the unrealized painting “Princess Olga meets Igor's body” from the collection of the Krasnoyarsk Art Museum.