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Ukrainian painters: Arkhyp Kuindzhi

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Born in Mariupol when it was a hub for oxcart transport, he painted unusual light, the River Dnipro, and the coast of Crimea.

January 31, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Ukrainian painters: Kyriak Kostandi

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After his training, he returned to the city of Odesa to paint and teach others, and became a key figure in the city’s arts into the 20th century.

January 26, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Ukrainian painters: Mykola Kuznetsov

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Born to the north of Odesa, Ukraine, he painted Tschaikowski in his last year, and scenes from life in the country.

January 20, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Ukrainian painters: Marie Bashkirtseff

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Born near Chuhuiv, she settled in Paris where she trained and rose to success as Jules Bastien-Lepage’s protege, then died at the age of 25.

January 11, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Ukrainian Cossacks in paintings 2: Mazeppa

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The heavily embroidered story of Cossack hetman Ivan Mazepa was turned into a narrative poem by Lord Byron, and inspired paintings by Géricault, Delacroix, Vernet, and others.

November 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Ukrainian Cossacks in paintings 1: History and legend

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Weren’t Cossacks Russian? Well, some were, but they may also have founded Ukraine following the Great Revolt of 1648. Here’s the evidence in paintings.

November 19, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Vasily Vereshchagin painting realities of war

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Awarded a medal for his bravery, veteran of many battles and wars fought by the Imperial Russian Army, his paintings were banned in Russia and elsewhere.

August 5, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Casualties of War 2

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Paul Nash and John Singer Sargent’s paintings for the Hall of Remembrance, the tragic loss of Eric Ravilious, a Serb painter executed in a concentration camp, and more.

May 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Casualties of War 1

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Frédéric Bazille and Henri Regnault, both killed in the brief Franco-Prussian War. War artists including former surgeon Henry Tonks show scenes from the First World War.

May 14, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Kazimierz Sichulski’s Galician Landscapes 2

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His magnificent triptych The Hutsul Madonna, and other paintings, as he lived between Poland and Lviv, a distinguished artist and teacher in both.

April 29, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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