Yulia Biriukova (1897-1972) was a Russian born Canadian painter known for her portraits.
She was the sister of the architect
Alexandra Biriukova.
Biography
Biriukova was born in 1897 in
Russia.
Her father was Dmitry Biriukoff (1864
Russian Empire-1928
Rome, Italy), Russian nobleman, who was the chief civil engineer on the
Trans-Siberian Railway. Her mother Julia Biriukova (1867 Russian Empire-1925 Rome, Italy), maiden name Glass, was raised in the family of State Councillor Wladyslaw
Wojciechowski
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(
Vladislav Voicehovsky) in
Sankt-Petersburg. She with her parents and sister Alexandra fled Russia, refugees of the
Russian Revolution
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.
Her family first went to Hong Kong in 1920, then Rome in 1922, settling in Canada in 1929.
Yulia arrived in Toronto having already established a reputation as a "European artist" and was soon receiving commissions for portraits.
When the sisters arrived in Toronto they were befriended by members of the Canadian artists the ''
Group of Seven''. Biriukova created portraits of two member of the Group of Seven;
A. Y. Jackson
Alexander Young Jackson LL. D. (October 3, 1882April 5, 1974) was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven. Jackson made a significant contribution to the development of art in Canada, and was instrumental in bringing toget ...
(1882–1974), and
J. E. H. MacDonald
James Edward Hervey MacDonald (1873–1932) was an English-Canadian artist, best known as a member of the Group of Seven who asserted a distinct national identity combined with a common heritage stemming from early modernism in Europe in the ear ...
(1873–1932).
Biriukova studied at the
Imperial Academy of Arts in
Saint Petersburg, the Royal Academy of Arts in
Rome, and the
Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...
in
London. She exhibited her work at the
Ontario Society of Artists
The Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) was founded in 1872. It is Canada's oldest continuously operating professional art society. When it was founded at the home of John Arthur Fraser, seven artists were present. Besides Fraser himself, Marmaduke M ...
annual exhibitions in 1930, 1931, 1934, and 1936. She also exhibited at the
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts annual exhibitions 1933 and 1937.
Biriukova died in 1972 in Toronto.
References
External links
images of Yulia Biriukova's arton ArtNet
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1897 births
1972 deaths
Canadian women artists
White Russian emigrants to Canada