Ferdynand Ruszczyc

Ferdynand Ruszczyc studied at Imperial St. Mykola Burachek is recorded as having studied under Ferdynand Ruszczyc. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is painting, graphics and scenography. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Saint Petersburg and Vilnius. Residence is recorded at Saint Petersburg. Employment is recorded with Vilnius University. Work by Ferdynand Ruszczyc is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Kraków, National Museum in Warsaw, Belarusian National Arts Museum, Lithuanian National Museum of Art and Museum of Art in Łódź. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour, Gold Cross of Merit, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

• Illustration — Ruszczyc in 1936 Born in the village of Bohdanów (then Russian Empire, now Belarus), Ruszczyc spent his childhood in Minsk. He graduated from gymnasium in Minsk in 1890 with a gold medal. Ruszczyc originally studied law at the University of St. Petersburg, but later switched majors and began taking painting classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts. He was a student of the famous Russian landscape painters Ivan Shishkin and Arkhip Kuindzhi. Ruszczyc travelled to the Crimea to paint seascapes, and later to the Baltic islands and Sweden to paint northern landscapes. He visited Berlin, where he was significantly influenced by the Symbolist painters such as Arnold Bocklin. After graduation, Ruszczyc made extensive tours of Western Europe incorporating much of the styles he came across into his own art.

Together with Kazimierz Stabrowski, Xawery Dunikowski, Konrad Krzyżanowski and Karol Tichy, Ruszczyc helped develop the Warsaw School of Fine Arts, where he taught for a while. One of his students was the famous Lithuanian symbolism painter M. K. Čiurlionis. In 1907–08 he held the chair of landscape painting at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. In 1908, with Józef Mehoffer, Ruszczyc organized an exhibition of Polish painting in Vienna. He then settled in Vilna (Vilnius), where he devoted himself to teaching. One of his students of that time was famous Russian and Soviet sculptor Isaac Itkind. Ruszczyc also organized cultural events, and worked as a graphic designer, poster designer and illustrator. As a costume designer, he participated in several performances of the municipal theater, and he was a member of the "Committee for the Conservation of the Adam Mickiewicz Monument". In 1918 and 1919 he participated in the founding of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Stefan Batory University, where he was elected as the first dean. Czeslaw Znamierowski was one of his most notable students there.

The authorities additionally record the headings Ferdinandas Ruščicas, Ferdynand Ruszczyz, Ferdinand Eduardovich Rouchitz, Ferdinand Eduardovich Rushits and Ferdinand Eduardovich Rushchits.

Ferdynand Ruszczyc is recorded as having studied at Imperial St. Ruszczyc worked in painting, graphics and scenography.