Vasyl Krychevsky
Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky (January 12, 1873 – November 15, 1952) was a Ukrainian painter, architect, art scholar, graphic artist, film art consultant, pedagogue and master of applied art and decorative art. He is the designer of the 1918 Ukrainian coat of arms, state seals, banknotes. He was the brother of Ukrainian painter Fedir Krychevsky.
Also recorded as Vasily Krichevsky · V. H. Krychevs'kyĭ · Vasyl' Krychevs'ky · Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevs'kyĭ
Vasyl Krychevsky

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- Name
- Vasyl Krychevsky
- Birth Name
- Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky
- Born
- 12 January 1873
- Birthplace
- Vorozhba, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
- Died
- 15 November 1952
- Place of death
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Education
- Railroad school, Kharkiv, Russian Empire
- Known for
- Painting, drawing, architecture design, graphic design, film
- Movement
- Ukrainian impressionism, Ukrainian Art Nouveau
- Spouse
- Yevheniya Scherbakyvska
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Ukrainian People's Republic, Soviet Union and Venezuela.
- Occupation
- architect, graphic designer, painter, graphic artist, scenographer and art educator.
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Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky (January 12, 1873 – November 15, 1952) was a Ukrainian painter, architect, art scholar, graphic artist, film art consultant, pedagogue and master of applied art and decorative art. He is the designer of the 1918 Ukrainian coat of arms, state seals, banknotes. He was the brother of Ukrainian painter Fedir Krychevsky.
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Key facts
• Name — Vasyl Krychevsky • Birth Name — Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky • Born — 12 January 1873 • Birthplace — Vorozhba, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) • Died — 15 November 1952 • Place of death — Caracas, Venezuela • Resting Place — Saint Andrew Cemetery, South Bound Brook, New Jersey, United States • Education — Railroad school, Kharkiv, Russian Empire • Known for — Painting, drawing, architecture design, graphic design, film • Notable Works — * Poltava Governorate Administration building; • Shevchenko Museums in Kyiv and Kaniv; • Coat of arms of Ukraine, 1918; • Writers' building Rolit; • Zvenihora (movie, director A. Dovzhenko) Art and History advisor; • Movement — Ukrainian impressionism, Ukrainian Art Nouveau • Spouse — Yevheniya Scherbakyvska
Biography
Biography
Vasyl Krychevsky was born in the village of Vorozhba, near Lebedyn, to a family of eight children where he was the eldest. His father Hryhoriy Yakymovych Krychevsky was a county state doctor of Jewish descent who converted to Orthodox Christianity and married a Ukrainian woman, Praskovia Hryhorivna. • Illustration — Founders of the Ukrainian academy of arts, 1917. From left, sitting: Abram Manevich, Oleksandr Murashko, Fedir Krychevsky, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ivan Steshenko, Mykola Burachek, standing: Heorhiy Narbut, Vasyl Krychevsky, Mykhailo Boychuk. Krychevsky had little formal education, but a deep interest in Ukrainian folklore and art history. During the First World War, he was one of the founders and rectors of the Ukrainian State Academy of Arts. In the 1920s he taught at the Kyiv Institute of Plastic Arts, the Kyiv Architectural Institute. Among the students – Joseph Karakis, who studied from Krychevsky "Interior of residential and public buildings" as well as painting techniques. He then taught at the Odesa Art School and served in the architectural department of the Kiev State Art Institute until 1941. Krychevsky moved to Lviv in 1943 where he was appointed a rector of a new Ukrainian art school, which eventually became the Lviv National Academy of Arts. After the World War II, he lived briefly in Paris before immigrating to South America in 1948. He died in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela on November 15, 1952.
Artistic career
Artistic career
Krychevsky first gained public recognition in 1903 when he won the architectural competition to build the Poltava Zemstvo Building (now the Poltava Local Lore Museum). His design of the building was based on the traditions of Ukrainian folk architecture. As a painter, he created a total of about 3000 paintings, drawings, ornamental designs, bookcovers. His work was influenced by French impressionism. It was at the request of President Mykhailo Hrushevsky that Krychevsky designed the state emblems and seals of the Ukrainian People's Republic as well as the Republic's banknotes. Krychevsky was a collector and student of Ukrainian folk art, and promoted such handicrafts among common people. From 1907 to 1910, Krychevsky designed sets and costumes for over 15 plays and operas including Mykhailo Starytsky's Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Bedřich Smetana's The Bartered Bride. From 1917 to 18 he worked with the Ukrainian National Theater. On several projects Krychevsky worked along with another Ukrainian architect Petro Kostyrko who in 1960 did reconstruction of the former Poltava Governorate Administration building. Some of his works are present abroad, the largest set of works is in the Ukrainian Museum in New York.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Poltava Governorate Zemstvo Building, 1903 • Illustration — Coat of arms of Ukraine, 1917 • Illustration — Two hryvnia banknote, 1918 • Illustration — Rolit building of writers, along with Petro Kostyrko • Illustration — Pottery training and exhibition center in Opishnia, 1916 • Illustration — Shevchenko museum, 1928 • Illustration — Shchitkivsky building, 1908 • Illustration — Kyiv apartment house
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Vasily Krichevsky, V. Krychevs'kyĭ, Vasyl' Krychevs'ky, Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevs'kyĭ and Vasyl' Kkrychevs'ky. His recorded language was Ukrainian. One child is recorded: Kateryna Krychevsʹka-Rosandich.
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1872
Vasyl Krychevsky born at Vorozhba.
1952
Vasyl Krychevsky died at Caracas.
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Formation and teaching. He trained under Alexei Beketov. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 2: Poltava Zemstvo building and 8a Tarasa Shevchenka Lane. His recorded genres are portrait, graphics and architecture. Recorded as Russian Empire, Ukrainian People's Republic, Soviet Union and Venezuela.
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