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Konstantin Somov (1869-1939).
"The Boxer" 1933.
The Boxer depicts Boris Snezhkovsky, who frequently modelled for the artist.
In a letter to his sister, Somov wrote: 'two days ago, I finished a portrait in oil, a 'nu' (half-length), and afterwards I painted a 'still life' beside him: a mirror, behind him a chest of drawers, on which lay his shirt and vest, with a pair of boxing gloves hanging on the wall the painting is not bad' (letter dated 28 February 1933). Given that Somov was his harshest critic, his own description of the work as 'not bad' suggests that he rated the finished composition quite highly.
Somov first met Boris Snezhkovsky in June 1930 during his work on the illustrations for Daphnis and Chloe. Snezhkovsky was the model for Daphnis and henceforth was referred to by Somov in his diaries as 'Daphnis'. Mikhail Seslavinsky in his 'Rendez-vous' quotes Somov speaking about Snezhkovsky: 'my model, a Russian, 19 years old, turned out to be clever, well-educated and nice'. During the course of the 1930s, Somov went on to paint his model on numerous occasions; another memorable work entitled Obnazhennyi iunosha [Nude youth] (1937) is in the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg.
The mirror behind the sitter and the objects in the interior, including Snezhkovsky's boxing gloves which are offered together with the painting, serve not only as a compositional device to expand the enclosed space of the room, but also provide an insight into his model's daily life. The artist does not discriminate against the inanimate objects, but renders them with the same attentiveness as the human figure.