Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya

Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya studied at Kyiv Drawing School and Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Training under Isaac Levitan is recorded. Anton Barkhatkov is recorded as having studied under Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Kyiv and Moscow. Work by Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Red Banner of Labour, People's Painter of the RSFSR and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

• Born — 31 January 1872 • Birthplace — Krynki, Mogilev region, Russian Empire • Died — 18 June 1957 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Novodevichy Cemetery • Movement — Impressionism • Education — Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture • Awards — Order of the Red Banner of Labour People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of Belarus

Byalynitsky-Birulya originates from a noble Belarusian family, whose representatives are mentioned in the 16th century in connection with the Livonian War. His father served in the Dnieper shipping company allowing Byalynitsky-Birulya to travel with him on Belarusian rivers. His education began in Kyiv with cadet corps, after which he went to the famous Kiev drawing school Murashki, which was associated with the names of such artists as Repin, Vrubel, Serov and Malevich. At the age of 17, Byalynitsky-Birulya entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He got acquainted with Isaac Levitan, in whose studio he began to work. In 1947, Byalynitsky-Birulya was elected into the USSR Academy of Arts. and became an Honorary Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Soviet Belarus. • Illustration — His grave at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. He died on June 18, 1957, in Moscow, at the age of 85; he was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery. Byalynitsky-Birulya has left a rich legacy - approximately 2000 paintings and sketches housed in various museums and private collections around the world. More than 450 of his paintings are kept in Belarus - in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the Museum of Belynitsky-Birula in Mogilev, Art Museum named after Bialynichy-Birula in Byalynichy and others. The memory of Byalynitsky-Birulya is honored in the names of schools and streets in Mogilev and Byalynichy. A memorial sign has been erected in his honor at the Drut River on the site of his birth place, former Krynki manor. According to Russian libertarian Mikhail Svetov, Byalynitsky-Birulya is his distant relative.

Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya is recorded as having studied at Kyiv Drawing School and Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.