Tymofiy Lvovich Boychuk, sometimes called Tymko (Ukrainian: Тимофій Львович Бойчук: 27 September 1896, Romanivka, now in Ternopil Raion — 13 July 1922,

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) was a

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painter. His older brother was the artist, Mykhailo Boychuk.

Biography

He was born to a peasant family. In 1914, his brother Mykhailo brought him to Kiev. Having displayed a talent for drawing at an early age, he was soon put to work as an assistant for Mykhailo who, since 1912, had been working with the

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to restore paintings and

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es at in . As World War I progressed, the two brothers (who were officially Austrian citizens) were relocated to the northeast; first in

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, then Arzamas. They were released at the beginning of the

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and allowed to return to Kiev. After the creation of the

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, Mykhailo organized a workshop with a school and included Timofey in his staff. It was there that he began distinguishing himself as a painter; becoming especially well known for his portraits and political posters. Later, his early portrayals of peasant life, painted with tempera on boards, would become his best remembered works. They reflected influences from

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a Ukrainian folk art. He also provided illustrations for children's books. He died at the age of twenty-six, of unspecified causes, just as he was beginning to have some influence on the local art community. His frescoes at the National Opera of Ukraine have been preserved, but most of his works were destroyed during the campaign against

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, which was part of the

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References

External links

Brief Biography
@ Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine
D. Antonovich, ''Тимко Бойчук (1896—1922)''
@ the

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