В. И. Суриков. К столетию со дня рождения 1848 – 1948. 1948 год.

Publisher's binding. The dust jacket is missing. There are stains on the cover of the book. The spine of the book and the top of the cover are worn. The spine has faded. The flyleaf at the beginning of the book is cut. On the title page there is an inscription label. There are many notes in the book with a simple and red pencil. (see photo)

Surikov Vasily Ivanovich (1848-1916) a great Russian artist, one of the most famous historical painters in the world, the author of famous paintings - "Boyar Morozova", "Morning of the Streltsy Execution", "Suvorov Crossing the Alps", "Stepan Razin", " Conquest of Siberia by Yermak”, “Healing of the Blind Man by Jesus Christ”, etc. Member of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions; full member of the Academy of Arts (1893); performed monumental paintings on the choirs of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. V.I. died. Surikov March 6, 1916. The book was published on the centenary of his birth. Circulation 5000 copies