Mountain people painted in the late 19th century: Hutsuls by Axentowicz and others, and those of the Engadine by the stateless Segantini.
Ukraine
A personal choice of ten of the most wonderful paintings by artists from Ukraine, selected from the 8-month series of articles published here last year.
Initially constrained by the orthodoxy of the Imperial Academy, the arrival of art schools and public collections around 1900 led to rapid development. A tentative history.
Able to develop distinctive movements, many of these artists trained in Ukraine under Ukrainian artists, and were part of the development of modernist painting.
In the late 19th century, Ukrainian painters started local art schools, and their students went on to make art in increasingly modern styles.
Overview of those most active during the 19th century, and generally Realist in style. Includes those who spent much of their career in Ukraine, and three famous expatriates.
A history painter from west Ukraine, who was appointed professor in Kyiv before he fell from grace in 1937, and was charged as a terrorist.
He came from an Armenian family, was born and brought in Crimea, trained in Russia, and travelled Europe and beyond painting ships and the sea.
Born in Ukraine, started his training there, trained in Saint Petersburg and then in Paris. But he died in Finland, and didn’t return to Russia after the 1917 Revolution.
Born near Kyiv, he started his training there. He quickly became a Cubs-Futurist, then a Suprematist. But he saw himself as Polish, and a member of both the Russian and Ukrainian avant garde.