Leonid Ivanovich Solomatkin. Life and creativity: Monograph. / With scientific application. catalog of paintings, works by L. I. Solomatkin, comp. E. V. Nesterova and S. V. Rimskaya-Korsakova. - St. Petersburg: Axioma, Aletheia, 1997, - 184 p., ill. (Library of an art historian. New research) Leonid Solomatkin is a unique figure in Russian art of the second half of the 19th century, without the element of irony he introduced into the Russian genre, without his inherent synthesis of tragic and romantic experiences of reality, the picture of Russian genre painting would be clearly incomplete. This monograph is the result of many years of research, numerous trips to the cities of the former USSR in order to identify the works of L. I. Solomatkin and compile a scientific catalog, which currently includes more than 150 works. The book makes extensive use of technological research materials. The publication opens the “Art Critic's Library” - a series of fundamental academic research and publications in the field of theory and history of fine arts.