Fleck Julius Volkmar
Polish rebel, exile in Tomsk, artist, engraver
A Polish rebel and exile from Warsaw. Originally from Saxony. In 1837, he came to Warsaw at the invitation of the famous lithographer Franciszek Schuster, from whom he later inherited the lithographic workshop. On the eve of the 1863 uprising, he supported the liberation movement of the Poles and did not escape exile. Turned in by an informer, he was arrested in 1862. On February 17 of the same year, a military court in Warsaw sentenced him to deprivation of civil rights and ten years of exile to Siberia. The place of exile was Tomsk. During his involuntary residence in Tomsk, J. Flek made about 40 lithographs and drawings, which captured various urban landscapes.
Флек, Юлий Волькмар.
Виды Томска : каталог-альбом литографий : из собрания Научной библиотеки / Ю. В. Флек ; составитель Г. И. Колосова ; Научная библиотека Томского государственного университета. - Томск : Издательство Томского университета, 2015. - 30, [1] с. : цв. ил. ; 22 см. - Библиогр.: с. 8. - ISBN 978-5-7511-2297-3 : 50.00 р.
ББК 85.15
Documents (1)
Fund 002 / Inventory 003: Статьи / Case 091
001. Tomsk of the 19th century in lithographs and drawings by Fleck / V. A. Khanevich // Report of the club of local historians "Old Tomsk" for 2003 / (Tomsk). - Tomsk, 2004. - pp. 26-27.
The article tells about a little-known but important artist for the iconography of Tomsk — Polish exile Julius Volkmar Fleck. As a participant in the 1863 uprising, he was exiled to Tomsk, where he created dozens of drawings and lithographs depicting the city in the second half of the 19th century. These works, some of which were published in Warsaw during the artist’s exile, are now stored in the archives of Tomsk and are a valuable source on the architecture and topography of the city. Thanks to the efforts of Polish researcher Antoni Kuczynski, additional materials about Fleck and his work were discovered, including an album of drawings, “Memory of Siberia.” The work emphasizes the significance of Fleck’s contribution to the cultural heritage of Tomsk and calls for the publication of his works by the 400th anniversary of the city.
List of persons mentioned:
- Kuczynski Antoni - professor at the University of Wroclaw, ethnographer, researcher of the Polish diaspora in Siberia, studied the works of Yu. F. Flek.
- Oleg Sadovsky is the head of the experimental association "Virgula", the initiator of the publication of a calendar with Fleck's lithograph.
- Twardowski Edward - a Polish exile whose grave is depicted in one of the drawings by J. F. Flek.
- Fleck Otto - brother of J. F. Fleck, who temporarily headed the lithographic workshop in Warsaw during his brother's exile.
- Fleck Julius Volkmar was a Polish rebel, lithographer and artist, exiled to Tomsk, author of lithographs and drawings of the city in the 19th century.
- Shaniawska Wanda is a resident of Warsaw, in whose archive an album with Fleck's drawings was found.
- Shuster Frantisek is a famous lithographer who invited J. F. Flek to Warsaw and handed over his lithographic workshop to him.
- Vasily Khanevich is the author of the article.
