Jazep Drazdovič
{{Short description|Belarusian painter, archaeologist, and ethnographer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jazep Drazdovič
| native_name = {{langx|be|Язэп Нарцызавіч Драздовіч}}
| image = Jazep_Drazdovic_1928.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|10|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Puńki, Hłybokaje District, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1954|09|15|1888|10|13}}
| death_place = Padśville, Hłybokaje District, Belarusian SSR
| nationality = Belarusian
| occupation = painter, archaeologist, and ethnographer
}}
File:Jazep Drazdovic Autapartret 1943.jpg
Jazep Drazdovič (1888–1954, Belarusian: Язэп Нарцызавіч Драздовіч, {{Langx|pl|Józef Drozdowicz}}) was a Belarusian painter, archaeologist, and ethnographer.
Born in the present day Hłybokaje District in the family of a landless nobleman, Drazdovič studied in Dzisna Vitebsk Region, after that in Vilnia under Ivan Trutnev.[https://www.artmuseum.by/by/koll/susvet-yazepa-drazdov%D1%96cha/zyamlya/b%D1%96yagraf%D1%96ya.html Drazdovič's biography on the website of Belarusian National Arts Museum (in Belarusian).] Today Drazdovič's works are preserved in Belarusian National Arts Museum, Belarusian National History Museum and National Museum of Lithuania.
Early life
File:Jazep Drazdovič stamp.jpg
Jazep was born on October 13, 1888, in the village of Punki, Dzisna County, Vilna Province, in the family of an impoverished nobleman. When he was two, his father died; Jazep and his five brothers were raised by their mother, and soon the family was left without land and a home. The family often had to change their place of residence, renting land. Drazdovich began his studies with a private teacher, then he studied at the Dzisna Gymnasium, and in 1906 moved to Vilnius, where he entered the art school of the famous Russian painter Ivan Trutnev, which he graduated in 1908. Drazdovich worked in art workshops and planned to go abroad to earn money.
Drazdovich was greatly influenced by the Belarusian national revival. At this time, he made his first steps in art: he created a series of graphic works with landscapes of the Dzisna region, decorated the cover of the "First Belarusian Calendar for 1910", published by Nasha Niva.
In 1910 he was drafted into the Russian army. After two years of service in Saratov, he graduated from paramedic courses and began working in a clinic. Drazdovich met the First World War in the active army, with a reserve battalion on the Western Front. Due to difficult working conditions, Jazep Drazdovich fell ill with typhoid fever and was hospitalized for two months. After a seven-month vacation to visit his homeland, he returned to the army.
Gallery
= Historical-themed works =
Drazdovicz Usiaslau.jpg|Усяслаў Полацкі ў парубе пад палатамі кіеўскага князя (Vseslav the Sorcerer), 1923
Я. Драздовіч Пагоня.jpg|Пагоня (Pahonia), 1927
Я. Драздовіч Друкарня Францыска Скарыны ў Вільні.jpg|Друкарня Францішка Скарыны ў Вільні (Francysk Skarynas printing house in Vilnia), 1940—1943
Я. Драздовіч Князь Усяслаў Чарадзей пад Гародняй.jpg|Усяслаў Чарадзей пад Гародняй (Vseslav the Sorcerer near Grodno), 1944
= Architecture =
Hiermanavičy. Германавічы (1917).jpg|Германавічы. Касцёл (Hiermanavičy, Catholic church), 1917
Miensk, Trajeckaja hara, Bazylanski. Менск, Траецкая гара, Базылянскі (J. Drazdovič, 1919).jpg|Менск. Выгляд са Шпітальна-Траецкага завулка (Minsk, view from Hospital-Troitskae street), 1919 г.
Miensk, Zamčyšča. Менск, Замчышча (J. Drazdovič, 1920).jpg|Менск. Абрыў Замкавай гары і прыбярэжная грэбля на правым беразе ракі Свіслач (Minsk, near Castle Hill and the Śvisłač river), 1920
Hłybokaje, Karmelickaja. Глыбокае, Кармэліцкая (J. Drazdovič, 1925).jpg|Глыбокае. Кармеліцкі касцёл і кляштар (Hłybokaje, Carmelite Catholic church), 1925
= Cosmos =
Я. Драздовіч Над безданню.jpg|Над безданню (Upon abyss), 1931
Я. Дроздович. Обсерватория на кольце Сатурна. 1931.jpg|Абсерваторыя на кальцы Сатурна (Observatory on the ring of Saturn), 1931
Я. Драздовіч Сустрэча вясны на Сатурне.jpg|Сустрэча вясны на Сатурне (Welcoming spring coming on Saturn), 1931
Я. Драздовіч Агляд зімовых пячораў сатурнянамі.jpg|Агляд зімовых пячораў сатурнянамі (Saturnians watches their winter caves)
Язэп Драздовіч. Cosmopolis. «Порт нябеснага прастору» на кольцы Сатурна.jpg|Cosmopolis. «Порт нябеснага прастору» на кольцы Сатурна (Cosmopolis. "Port of the sky" on the ring of Saturn)
Я. Драздовіч Вечар у пустэльні на Марсе.jpg|Вечар у пустэльні на Марсе (Evening in the Martian desert)
Я. Драздовіч Мінулае.jpg|Мінулае (The Past)
Jazep Drazdovič. Kosmas, 1940—1943.jpg|Космас (Cosmos), 1940—1943
= Sceneries =
Я. Драздовіч Далёкая краіна.jpg|Далёкая краіна (A Far-Away Land), 1933
Я. Драздовіч Краявід з цягніком.jpg|Краявід з цягніком (Scenery with a train), 1936
Я. Драздовіч Ляскова.jpg|Ляскова (Laskova), 1936
Я. Драздовіч Гара Гараватка.jpg|Гара Гарватка (Harvatka mountain), 1952
= Carpets =
Дзве дзяўчыны на мастку.jpg|Дзве дзяўчыны на мастку (Two girls on a bridge), 1930s
Дыванок з замкам над возерам (Накцюрн).jpg|Месяцовая ноч (Moonlit night), 1937
Красналюдка-казачнік-бай.jpg|Красналюдка — казачнік-бай (Krasnaludka - storyteller), 1948
Язэп Драздовіч. Як мужык з панам цягаецца.jpg|Як мужык з панам цягаецца (How a man competed with a landlord), 1930s
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