Mykola Vasyl Krychevsky - Artist Info

About Mykola Vasyl Krychevsky

Name variants

Nikolai Kritchevsky, Nicolas Krycevski, Nicolai Vassilievitch Krycevsky
  • Biography

    Mykola Krychevsky (November 24, 1898 - September 11, 1961)

    Born in Kharkiv, into a family of artists and art scholars whose contributions greatly influenced the development of the arts in Ukraine in the early 20th century. His father, Vasyl H. Krychevsky (1873-1952), was an architect, painter, graphic artist and an enthusiastic student and collector of Ukrainian folk art. He was also the founder and first president of the Ukrainian State Academy of Arts in Kyiv. Fedir Krychevsky (1879-1947), Vasyl's brother was one of the leading figures in Ukrainian art, a prolific painter, as well as respected teacher of the arts.

    Krychevsky studied art with his father and in 1919 he left his native Ukraine and lived in Pr...

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