Dubrachok
1900 · unknown
Dubrachok is a 1900 painting by the Russian artist Victor Stember.
Dubrachok was the dacha, or summer home of the Stember family. It was located about 75 miles from Moscow and the family spent May through September there for many years. Even during the Communist revolution, the dacha became a refuge for the family from the hardships of trying to survive in Moscow.
As a result of the death of Nadya's Mother in 1891, she and her 3 sisters inherited their summer dacha, Lubanovo, and it was decided to sell it. the 10,000 ruble proceeds enabled Victor and Nadya to purchase a 'charming, hilly 25 acres of land in the Government of Tula (not far from Leo Tolstoy's 'Yasnaya Polyanna') and built on it a spacious house including a studio with a sky-light--so necessary for painting. The land was rich with trees, mostly birch , but also oak (in Russian 'doub' or oak groves 'doubrava' so we called our place 'Doubrachok' or Dubrachok'. This excerpt is from Nadya's diary. page 95
See photos # 31, and 32 for interior photos of Dubrachok.
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This Work Appears In
- Studio photograph 31 — Dubrachok was the name they gave to their summer Dacha, about 75 miles outside of Moscow.
- Studio photograph 32 — More family fun at Dubrachok in the summers.
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