Vladimir Orlovsky (russian: Владимир Донатович Орловский; 1842,

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realist painter and academic of Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. Orlovsky painted for

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aristocracies, and his art was even bought by the Emperor of

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himself, Alexander III. Orlovsky is considered one of the founders of Ukrainian Realist landscape painting.

Life, art, and death

Orlovsky was born in

in 1842 to a landowning

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of Ukrainian descent.Orlovsky, Volodymyr
Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 4. (1993) In the talent of the young artist believe his art teacher of the second Kiev gymnasium, Ivan Soshenko who earlier helped

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.Zhbankova, Olha.
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. Mirror Weekly. No. 5 (450) 8–14 February 2003 . The gymnasium's director M. Chalyi also recognized Orlovsky's talent and recommended him in a written letter to Shevchenko. And so it was that the painter's art education commenced with a letter of recommendation from Taras Shevchenko at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts in 1861.''Spirit of Ukraine: 500 Years of Painting.'' Winnipeg Art Gallery. 1991, pg. 206 . During Orlovsky's study at the Imperial Academy of Arts his teacher was one of the most famous

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of 19th century

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. For his quick successes, Orlovsky received in St. Petersburg a large silver medal at the academy in 1863. Later he painted while in

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.Encyclopedia of Art. Vladimir Orlovsky
/ref> Upon the conclusion of his studies in 1868, Orlovsky gained the recognition of his colleagues in the academic circles and the general public, earning the title of ''artist of the first degree''. Orlovsky received a gold medal for his paintings of Crimean landscapes, which allowed him to travel abroad on government allowance. Thus from 1869 to 1872, Orlovsky worked in

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, as well as

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, and

. In two years, in 1874, Orlovsky was promoted to the status of an academic, and in 1878 for his painting ''Harvest'' he was made professor. He enjoyed popularity on par with

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, and was influenced by the work of

Arkhip Kuindzhi Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (; rus, Архи́п Ива́нович Куи́нджи ; ; 27 January 1841 – 24 July 1910) was a Ukrainian Landscape art, landscape Painting, painter active in the Russian Empire, of Pontic Greeks, Pontic Greek des ...

. In 1897, the artist became ill with

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, and following the advice of his doctors moved from St. Petersburg with its dampness to Kiev. To keep his health Vladimir Orlovsky spent the rest of his life in Genoa, Italy.

References

External links

DT article

A set of postcards by Vladimir Orlovsky. Kiev, Mistectvo, 1982.
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