Bunin loved to have his photographs taken. The first thing he purchased for his own money was a photo album, which he bought in Yelets in Torgovaya street, when he was a gymnasium student. Not far from that store there was Aneli Klimenko’s photo studio - one of the best studios in the town, where his family usually was photographed. Unfortunately, there are no photos of young Bunin in Yelets left. The first of the remained images were taken in Oryol. In the novel “ArsEniev”s Life” there is an episode about the arrival of the main character in this town.
Bunin I.A.
Creation period
1991 year
Dimensions
30x23 cm
Technique
photography
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“In OrYOl I dressed up gracelessly - smart boots, a thin black undergarment, a red silk shirt, a black noble cap with a red band - I bought an expensive cavalry saddle, which looked so great, it was creaking and smelling of leather, so when I brought it home that night, I could not sleep, because I was happy to have it lying next to me.
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This is a biographical episode. The archive of the Literary Museum has a photograph taken in the photo studio of B.B. Peyroche in Bolkhovskaya street in Oryol in 1889. Bunin is 19 here. When you look at the photo of a dapper young man wearing a burka and a noble cap, the playful nickname comes to your mind which was given to Bunin by Chekhov: “Messier French deputy Boucichon”.
Later, he said that he simply could not pass by the shop window displaying the things that he had long dreamed of. Bunin gave this photo two years later to his best friend Arseniy BIbikov, with the following inscription on the back: “January 26, 1891 To my dear Arsik, a friend in “Knighthood” from I.A. Bunin.’ He also gave one of the photos to his sister Masha, putting a humorous improvisation on the back:
On the photo taken at Peyroche
I look a bity like a dandy
The photo is good, and so am I -
Really handsome, sister Musya
That’s a pity, I’m not like this
Not too pleasing appearance
However, I’m your brother, I’m your blood
And one face with you.
Few of the readership knew Ivan AleksEevich as the author of humorous improvisations and comic poems, and yet he loved and knew how to compose them. Below, for example, there is a poem collectively composed by KuprIn and Bunin, written in Yalta on the tablecloth of the Easter table during a visit to VarvAra KharkEvich, the chief of the girls’ gymnasium:
“The Easter table in Mrs. Varvara”s dining room
Was really good and tasted well
Everything was there - ham, turkey, cheese and sardines -
And suddenly nothing left, at all - the table is empty!
They though it could be eaten by a crocodile
No - it was just Bunin, who came to visit Mrs. Varvara”.
Later, he said that he simply could not pass by the shop window displaying the things that he had long dreamed of. Bunin gave this photo two years later to his best friend Arseniy BIbikov, with the following inscription on the back: “January 26, 1891 To my dear Arsik, a friend in “Knighthood” from I.A. Bunin.’ He also gave one of the photos to his sister Masha, putting a humorous improvisation on the back:
On the photo taken at Peyroche
I look a bity like a dandy
The photo is good, and so am I -
Really handsome, sister Musya
That’s a pity, I’m not like this
Not too pleasing appearance
However, I’m your brother, I’m your blood
And one face with you.
Few of the readership knew Ivan AleksEevich as the author of humorous improvisations and comic poems, and yet he loved and knew how to compose them. Below, for example, there is a poem collectively composed by KuprIn and Bunin, written in Yalta on the tablecloth of the Easter table during a visit to VarvAra KharkEvich, the chief of the girls’ gymnasium:
“The Easter table in Mrs. Varvara”s dining room
Was really good and tasted well
Everything was there - ham, turkey, cheese and sardines -
And suddenly nothing left, at all - the table is empty!
They though it could be eaten by a crocodile
No - it was just Bunin, who came to visit Mrs. Varvara”.
“Only very clever people, those whose mind is running through all their veins, can invent and be able to say an absurdity, a good joke, ” Bunin wrote about Chekhov. He greatly appreciated this talent, the talent of making jokes, and those who quickly catch it. This talent was also a feature shared by Ivan AleksEevich himself, who was mistakenly represented as a strict and a cold-hearted person.
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Bunin I.A.
Creation period
1991 year
Dimensions
30x23 cm
Technique
photography
Collection
Exhibition
1
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