Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday
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By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/russia-of-the-1910s-30-photos-from-a-russian-writer-look-as-if-they-were-taken-yesterday.htmlLeonid Andreev, one of the last representatives of the Silver Age of Russian literature in pre-revolutionary Russia, was born 146 years ago, on August 21, 1871. He was also a pioneer of photography, working with the autochromic process — the world's first technology of color photography, patented by the Lumiere brothers.
Most of the photos presented with the writer's family and friends were taken between 1910 and 1914. The pictures of family life taken either in Andreev's house on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, or in Italy, where he plays with his children, spends time on a yacht, rests in the evening or works late at night, are distinguished by a serene and quiet atmosphere, despite the writer's far from easy life and fate. Some of the works are portraits of Andreev, in which he appears thoughtful and even slightly wary. As a man of many talents, Leonid Andreev noticed: "If I were a king, I would make everyone take pictures."
It is noteworthy that these photos from a century ago look as if they were taken in our time.
Self-portrait in the mirror, 1903.
Self-portrait of 1910.
1907.
The writer's son Vadim Andreev, 1909.
Andreev's son Daniel, 1912.
The second wife of the writer Anna Andreeva, Marseille, 1910.
Anna Andreeva, Rome, 1914.
1911.
Anna Andreeva.
The son of the writer Savva, 1908.
Sunset over the village of Vammelsu, where the writer had his own house "Advance".
Anna Andreeva, Vammels.
1912, Vammels — the place was very popular among summer residents from St. Petersburg.
The Mystical Head, 1908-1914.
The writer's Sons, Koivisto Island, 1913.
Savva Andreev.
Savva and Vera Andreeva.
Leonid and Anna Andreeva in the garden of their house.
1910.
Wammels, winter 1910.
1908-1914.
Leonid Andreev, Philip Dobrov and Daniil Andreev, Vammels, 1912.
Self-portrait, 1910.
Andreev on the background of copies that he made from sketches by the artist Goya, Vammels, 1910s.
With his son Savva.
At work, 1910s.
At a desk in an office in your own home.
Keywords: XX century | Pre-revolutionary era | Writer | Russian Empire
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