Sofiya Oleksandrivna Nalepinska-Boychuk (Ukrainian: Софія Олександрівна Налепинська-Бойчук; 30 July 1884 Łódź — 11 December 1937, Kyiv)''Дмитрієнко М. Ф.'' Налепинська С. О.
// Encyclopedia of Ukrainian History: Т. 7: Мі-О / Редкол.: V.A. Smolii (ed.) and in НАН України. Institute of Ukrainian History. — К.: В-во «Наукова думка» (Scientific Thought), 2010. — 728) was a Polish-born Ukrainian artist, now largely known for her woodcuts.

Biography

She was born in Poland. Her father was a railway engineer and her mother was a pianist. In 1890, her father was transferred to St.Petersburg and she received her first art lessons from the Polish painter,

Jan Ciągliński Jan Ciągliński (Russian: Ян (Иван) Францевич Ционглинский, 20 February 1858, Warsaw - 6 January 1913, Saint Petersburg) was a Polish painter who lived in Russia. His works are considered to be the first examples of Ru ...

. Later, she took private lessons in Munich, from the Hungarian painter, Simon Hollósy. She completed her studies in 1909 in Paris, at the

Académie Ranson The Académie Ranson was founded in Paris by the French painter Paul Ranson (1862–1909), who himself studied at the Académie Julian, in 1908.

, where she worked with Félix Vallotton and Maurice Denis.D.O. Gorbachov; "Налепинська-Бойчук Софія Олександрівна" // Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia While there, she met the Ukrainian artist, Mykhailo Boychuk. After a tour of Italy with him and a friend, she returned to

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and became involved in the local art community. She did, however, maintain contact with Boychuk and, in 1917, they were married in Kyiv. She learned Ukrainian and assimilated the culture quickly. They had a son in 1918. From 1919 to 1922, she worked at an art school in Mirgorod, then became head of the xylography workshop at the Kyiv Institute of Plastic Arts (after 1924, the Kyiv Art Institute, now the

National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture The National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture ( uk, Націона́льна акаде́мія образотво́рчого мисте́цтва і архітекту́ри; НАОМА) - is an art university in Kyiv, Ukraine special ...

). She was there until 1929. In 1936, she and her husband were arrested on charges of espionage and counterrevolutionary activities. The following year, they were executed by firing squad; in December and July, respectively. Much of her work was in the form of wood engravings for book illustrations, including works by Taras Shevchenko,

Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak (russian: Дми́трий Нарки́сович Ма́мин-Сибиря́к) (October 25, 1852 – November 2, 1912) was a Russian author most famous for his novels and short stories about life in the Ur ...

and . During the Ukrainian War of Independence, she created designs for paper money and government securities. They were exhibited in 1932, but were never used. In 1988, she was rehabilitated. In 1996, her name was among the forty inscribed on the at the National Academy.Galyna Sklyarenka; "Пам'ятник репресованим митцям" // ''Collection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of Ukraine'': Кн. 1, ч. 2.: М-С. — с. 866—867

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Biography
@ ArtHive
Photograph and brief biography
@ the Ukrainian Art Library
"The Students of Mykhailo Boychuk"
@ '' The Day'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Nalepinska-Boychuk, Sofiya 1884 births 1937 deaths Artists from Łódź People from Piotrków Governorate Ukrainian women artists Woodcut cutters Executed Ukrainian women Great Purge victims from Poland Polish emigrants to Ukraine

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