Elena Mrosovskaya

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Jelena Lukinichna Mrosovskaya

Jelena Lukinitschna Mrosowskaja or Hélène de Mrosovsky , born as Jelena Knjaschewitsch ( Russian Елена Лукинична Мрозовская , Russian Елена Княжевич ; † 1941 in Kuokkala , Soviet Union ) was a Russian photographer Montenegrin origin. She was the first professional Russian photographer in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

Life and professional career

Jelena Mrosovskaya, whose parents are unknown, was a teacher before starting her career as a professional photographer. Following her great interest in photography, she completed photography courses from the Russian Technical Society (Русское техническое общество) from 1892 and then completed her training with the well-known French photographer Nadar in Paris . Returning to Saint Petersburg, she opened her own photo studio there in 1894 on Nevsky Prospect number 20 near the "Police Bridge " (Полицейский мост) . She was also very successful as Russia's first professional photographer under the name “Hélène de Mrosovsky”.

Mrosowskaja made portrait photographs of numerous artists, writers and actors of her time, including the composer Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow , the prima ballerina and Princess Matilda Kschessinskaja and the actress Vera Komissarschewskaja . Her photographs of the interiors of the St. Petersburg Conservatory , which were taken from 1896 onwards, are among the oldest recordings. In 1897 she was named the institution's official photographer. Mrosovskaya won a bronze medal at the Stockholm Exhibition in 1897 and a silver medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 . In February 1903 she was commissioned as a photographer to photograph the members of the tsarist family and high-ranking personalities in their costumes at the last big costume ball in the winter palace of the Russian tsar . In 1905 she took part in the International World Exhibition in Liège . When she celebrated the 15th anniversary of her photo studio with friends, artists and regular customers on December 28, 1909, she was still the only professional photographer in her country. Sergei Prokudin-Gorski reported on her company anniversary in two issues of the magazine "Фотограф любитель", the joint organ of several Russian photographic societies.

In the 1920s, Mrosovskaya lived in Serovo, a district of Saint Petersburg, where she owned a house. She died in 1941 in Kuokkala , a suburb of Saint Petersburg that had long been part of the Finnish part of the Russian Empire .

Works in exhibitions and collections

Princess Olga Orlowa with traditional headdress (1903)
Photo studio company card

One of her photos, a nachcolorierte with watercolors by hand view of Princess Olga Orlova , who in 1903 at the costume ball in the Winter Palace of the Tsar with the traditional headdress kokoshniks photographed, is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg) . This photo was shown in 2003 as part of a traveling exhibition to mark the 300th anniversary of Saint Petersburg in the Hermitage rooms of Somerset House in London.

Another of her tinted photos, entitled "Портрет девочки" (Portrait of a Girl) from 1909 is part of the collection of the Moscow House of Photography and was shown in Amsterdam in 2013 as part of an exhibition organized by the Russian Ministry of Culture.

Many of Mrosovskaya's photos are in the collection of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and a few more in the collection of the Russian State Archives of Literature and Art ( Государственный архив литературы и искусства (РГАЛИ) ) in Moscow.

Awards

  • Bronze medal at the Stockholm Exhibition in 1897
  • Silver medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900

literature

  • наталья колесова: зримая память консерватории. посвящение елене мрозовской - первому официальному фотографу консерватории . S. 65–71 (Russian, online [PDF] with many photos).
  • Darja Chemjakina: Jelena Lukinitschna Mrosowskaja. The first Russian photographer. In: Odessa Photographic Society. August 27, 2019 (Russian, CV, materials, photo work).;

Web links

Commons : Jelena Mrosowskaja  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e E. B. Бархатовa: Мрозовская Елена Лукинична (Elena Lukinichna Mrosowskaja). In: runivers. Retrieved May 31, 2021 (in Russian).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Елена Мрозовская: первая русская женщина-фотограф (Elena Mrosowskaja: the first Russian photographer). In: rosphoto.com. November 12, 2012, accessed May 31, 2021 (Russian).
  3. ↑ Jacques Chuilon: Mattia Battistini: King of Baritones and baritones of Kings . Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-6727-7 , pp. 316 (English, online ).
  4. ↑ Preiszuerkennung at the Paris Exhibition in 1900. :  Photographic correspondence , born in 1900, S. 646 (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / phc
  5. ↑ Цитата дня | Прокудин-Горский. Заметки о женщинах и фотографии | Елена Мрозовская. In: 30-day-photo.livejournal.com. February 7, 2000, accessed May 31, 2021 (Russian, with many photos).
  6. ↑ Temira Pachmuss: A moving river of tears: Russia's experience in Finland . In: American university studies: Slavic languages ​​and literature . 1992, ISBN 978-0-8204-1956-5 , pp. 173 (English).
  7. ↑ Portrait of Countess Olga Orlova-Davydova. Hermitage Museum, accessed May 31, 2021 .
  8. ↑ Mark Monahan: Viewfinder: Princess Orlova-Davydova . In: The Daily Telegraph . June 14, 2003 ( online ).
  9. ↑ Katherine Brooks: Color Photography in Russia: 'Primrose' Exhibit Features Amazing Vintage Snapshots Of The Motherland . In: Huffington Post . December 19, 2012 (English, online ).
  10. ↑ Mrosowskaja, Helena Lukinichna. The Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, accessed May 31, 2021 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Mrosovskaya, Jelena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mrosovskaya, Jelena Lukinitschna (full name); Мрозовская, Елена Лукинична (Russian); Knjaschewitsch, Jelena (maiden name); Mrosovsky, Hélène de (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION first Russian photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH 1941
PLACE OF DEATH Kuokkala , Soviet Union