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Vasily Vasilievich Helmersen (sometimes spelled as ''Gelmersen'', (ロシア語:Василий Васильевич Гельмерсен)) (August 23, 1873 – December 9, 1937) was a Russian artist and book illustrator. He is known mostly for his illustrations to Eugene Onegin. == Biography == Vasily Helmersen was born in 1873 into a Baltic German noble family. In 1899 he graduated from the Saint Petersburg University and started his career in the Ministry of the Imperial Court. By 1908 he rose to a Court Councilor and received the rank of Chamber Junker. In 1914 he quit the Ministry to work as an assistant director in the Palace Library of Nicholas II. Since 1900 Vasily Helmersen was known for his silhouette artworks. He created illustrations to ''Eugene Onegin, War and Peace, Dead Souls, A Hero of Our Time, The Shot''. His works were included in the exhibitions at the Imperial Academy of Arts. After the Revolution, Vasily Helmersen worked in the State Russian Museum and in the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1930, he was arrested as a result of a ''purge'' in the state institutions and sent to one of the Gulag prison camps. In 1937, he was executed like many other victims of the Great Purge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vasily Helmersen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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