Dmytro Bezperchy (Ukrainian:Дмитро Іванович Безперчий; 30 October 1825,

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— 30 September 1913,

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

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painter in the Academic style.

Early life

He studied art in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, from 1841 to 1846, at the

Imperial Academy of Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...

, and was employed in the workshops of

Karl Bryullov Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (russian: Карл Па́влович Брюлло́в; 12 December 1799 – 11 June 1852), original name Charles Bruleau, also transliterated Briullov and Briuloff, and referred to by his friends as "Karl the Great", was a ...

after 1843. There, he met the poet,

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukraine, Ukrainian p ...

, who had a strong influence on his thematic choices. Upon graduating, he was named a ""

Career

Initially known for his

watercolor Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

s, he also created numerous oil paintings, some graphic works depicting the

Haydamak The haidamakas, also haidamaky or haidamaks (singular ''haidamaka'', ua, Гайдамаки, ''Haidamaky'') were Ukrainian paramilitary outfits composed of commoners (peasants, craftsmen), and impoverished noblemen in the eastern part of the ...

(paramilitary fighters), and illustrations for ''

Dead Souls ''Dead Souls'' (russian: «Мёртвые души», ''Mjórtvyje dúshi'') is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adv ...

'' by

Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...

. From the 1860s to the 1890s, he also engaged in religious work, decorating churches in

Sloboda Ukraine Sloboda Ukraine (literally: Borderland of free frontier guards; uk, Слобідська Україна, Slobidska Ukraina), or Slobozhanshchyna ( uk, Слобожанщина, Slobozhanshchyna, ), is a historical region, now located in Northeas ...

and

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. As a drawing teacher, he worked at the Nizhyn Lyceum, the

Henryk Siemiradzki Henryk Hektor Siemiradzki (24 October 1843 – 23 August 1902) was a Russian-born Polish painter based in Rome, best remembered for his monumental academic art. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Greek-Roman w ...

Serhii Vasylkivsky Serhii Ivanovych Vasylkivsky ( uk, Сергій Іванович Васильківський, ; russian: link=no, Серге́й Иванович Васильковский; October 19, 1854, Izium — October 7, 1917, Kharkiv) was one of the mos ...

, Mykhailo Tkachenko, ,

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Beklemishev Vladimir Aleksandrovich Beklemishev (russian: Владимир Александрович Беклемишев; , Ekaterinoslav, Russian Empire, now Dnipro, Ukraine - 21 December 1919, Novorzhev, Russia) was a Russian sculptor, a rector of the Im ...

, Oleksandr Shevchenko, Konstantin Pervukhin, and

Vladimir Tatlin Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin ( – 31 May 1953) was a Russian and Soviet painter, architect and stage-designer. Tatlin achieved fame as the architect who designed The Monument to the Third International, more commonly known as Tatlin's Tower, whi ...

Legacy

His works may be seen at the

Kharkiv Art Museum The Kharkiv Art Museum ( uk, Харківський художній музей) is one of the largest collections of fine and applied arts in Ukraine, a state museum. The Kharkiv Art Museum is located at 11, Zhon Mironositz Street, Kharkiv (Ukra ...

, the

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, and the

National Art Museum of Ukraine The National Art Museum of Ukraine ( uk, Національний Художній Музей України) is a museum dedicated to Ukrainian art in Kyiv, Ukraine. History The National Art Museum of Ukraine, which was the first museum in Ky ...

Sources

* ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia''. In 12 volumes / Ed. M. Bazhana, URE edition, 1974—1985. * D. P. Gordeev, "Materials for the artistic chronicle of Kharkov", 1914. * Shevchenko's Dictionary: in 2 volumes, Institute of Literature. Taras Shevchenko Academy of Sciences of the USSR. - Kyiv: Main edition of URE, 1978

External links

* A. Antonovich, ''Dmytro Bezperchy'' (Masters of Ukrainian Art Series), Ukrainian Youth Publishing House, 192
Online
* M. F. Sumtsov, "Д. И. БЕЗПЕРЧИЙ: Харьковский художник: Некролог" (obituary
Online

Brief biography
@ the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine {{DEFAULTSORT:Bezperchy, Dmytro 1825 births 1913 deaths Ukrainian male painters Ukrainian genre painters Imperial Academy of Arts alumni Ukrainian illustrators People from Belgorod Oblast

Early life

Career

Legacy

See also

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