ВКЛЮЧЕНИЕ В СОСТАВ НАУЧНЫХ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЙ ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННОЙ ИНТЕЛЛИГЕНЦИИ ИРКУТСКОЙ ГУБЕРНИИ ПО ИССЛЕДОВАНИЮ БАЙКАЛЬСКОЙ СИБИРИ И СЕВЕРА ВО ВТОРОЙ ПОЛОВИНЕ XIX — НАЧАЛЕ XX ВВ.

Abstract

The study analyzes archival documents that reveal the life and work of individual representatives of the artistic intelligentsia in the context of their inclusion in scientific expeditions to explore Baikal Siberia and the North in the second half of the 19th — early 20th centuries. It is confirmed that the active work of R.S. Prorokov, A.N. Turunov, M.Ya. Leibovich, N.A. Andreev, F.M. Belkin influenced the process of forming their own, unique collections of paintings, drawings, sketches, sculptures and books in museums and galleries of the Irkutsk province. Also, public figures participated in the organization of public art events, where rare and valuable exhibits based on the results of scientific work were demonstrated. In the State Archives of the Irkutsk Region and the archives of the Irkutsk Regional Art Museum. V. P. Sukacheva found constituent and accompanying documents, reports and plans, posters and announcements, sources of periodicals, letters and correspondence, which confirm the participation of collectors and artists in scientific expeditions. The work allows, on the basis of sources of personal origin, to consider the history of the development of contacts between art collectors, the features of holding art events, both international and regional levels. An integrated approach is used in the analysis of letters, correspondence of collectors, which helps to determine the value orientations of urban society in art. As a result of the study, it was proved that the activities of the intelligentsia influenced the process of introducing citizens to the cultural heritage and the formation of collections of art objects in the Irkutsk province of the second half of the 19th — early 20th centuries.