Alexei Bialinizki-Birula(Orscha 1864 - 1937 St. Petersburg)Aurora Borealis, 1901-2Six watercolors on
Alexei Bialinizki-Birula(Orscha 1864 - 1937 St. Petersburg)Aurora Borealis, 1901-2Six watercolors on paper with one title page, 12 x 17 cmEach sheet inscribed with time of day, date and numberTitle page inscribed Aurora Borealis II, signed Alexei Bialinizki-Birula in cyrillicPhotograph shows artist Bialinizki-Birula (middle row, fourth from left in cap).Although photographs were taken on the expedition, none were taken of the Aurora borealis. There were reasons for this. Photographic materials were in very short supply and there would have been no capacity for wastage. In addition, exposure time would have been too long. In 1901, the sole available option for documenting the many different forms of the Aurora was to record them in watercolor on paper, as Bialinizki-Birula has painstakingly done, working in huts and shelters heated only with extreme difficulty.via: Daxer & Marschall Kunsthandel -- source link
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