Ivan Soshenko
Ivan Maksymovych Soshenko (2 June 1807 Bohuslav, in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire — 18 July 1876 Korsun) was a Ukrainian painter. Soshenko studied at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts from 1834 to 1838, then taught painting in gymnasiums in Nizhyn from 1839 to 1846, Nemyriv from 1846 to 1856, and Kiev. His work included portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, and religious icons.
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Ivan Soshenko
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- Name
- Ivan Soshenko
- Birth Name
- Іван Максимович Сошенко
- Born
- 2 June 1807
- Birthplace
- Bohuslav, Ukraine
- Died
- 18 July 1876
- Place of death
- Korsun, Ukraine
- Known for
- Painting
- Movement
- Romantic art.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- painter
- Movements
- Romanticism
- Education
- Imperial Academy of Arts
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Ivan Maksymovych Soshenko (2 June 1807 Bohuslav, in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire — 18 July 1876 Korsun) was a Ukrainian painter. Soshenko studied at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts from 1834 to 1838, then taught painting in gymnasiums in Nizhyn from 1839 to 1846, Nemyriv from 1846 to 1856, and Kiev. His work included portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, and religious icons.
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In 1835, he met and befriended Taras Shevchenko. Along with teaching him the use of watercolors, Soshenko also introduced him to authors and painters Yevhen Hrebinka, Vasily Zhukovsky, Karl Briullov, and Alexey Venetsianov, and helped in the purchase Shevchenko's freedom from serfdom. Later, he helped Shevchenko to be admitted to the St Petersburg Academy of Arts. Mykhailo Chaly published a biography of Soshenko in Kiev in 1876.
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• Name — Ivan Soshenko • Birth Name — Іван Максимович Сошенко • Born — 2 June 1807 • Birthplace — Bohuslav, Ukraine • Died — 18 July 1876 • Place of death — Korsun, Ukraine • Known for — Painting • Movement — Romantic art.
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1807
Ivan Soshenko born at Bohuslav.
1876
Ivan Soshenko died at Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi.
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