Ivan Yizhakevych

Ivan Yizhakevych

Ivan Sydorovych Yizhakevych ( _uk. Іван Сидорович Їжакевич; 1864-1962) was a painter, writer, and People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1951).

Life, Education and Work

Yizhakevych was born in the village of Vyshnopoli, Cherkasy Oblast. He was educated in the M. Murashko School of Art in Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine from 1882 to 1884. After this, Yizhakevych attended the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts from 1884 to 1888.

Yizhakevych' paintings reflect themes from Ukrainian History, such as Kyi, Schek and Khoryv, Cossack battles, and Haidamaky. Yizhakevych also illustrated works by Ukrainian writers, among them: Taras Shevchenko, Lesia Ukrainka, Ivan Kotlyarevsky, Ivan Franko, and produced paintings of common people and their lives.

Yizhakevych made numerous artistic contributions to Kiev churches.


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