Apollon Mokritsky
Apollon Nikolayevich Mokritsky(Ukrainian:Аполлон Миколайович Мокрицький,Apollon Mokrytskyi;Russian:Аполлон Николаевич Мокрицкий,Apollon Mokritsky,August 1810 – 1870) was aUkrainianpainter of theBiedermeierperiod of Realist art. From 1849, he was a full member of theSaint Petersburg Academy of Arts.
Biography
[edit]Mokritsky was born in August 1810, inPyriatyn,Poltava Governorate,modern dayUkraine.[1]His early art education was completed at theNizhyn Lyceum of Prince Bezborodko,under the supervision ofKapiton Pavlov.After this, he studied at theSt. Petersburg Academy of Artbetween 1830 and 1839, underAlexey Venetsianovand later withKarl Briullov.A year after completing his studies, he worked in Ukraine and visited Italy.
Around 1850, he was appointed "an academician of painting"[2]at theMoscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture.
He preferred to work in portraiture, representing "the Biedermeier school of uncontrolled Realist art which exhibited romantic overtones".[2]Artist's Wifeis one example of this style. Others include portraits ofYevhen Hrebinka(1840) andNikolai Gogol,a self-portrait (1840), and numerous Italian landscapes.[1]
He is known for the significant role he played in the life ofTaras Shevchenko,Ukraine's national poet and artist, who was born aserf.He introduced Shevchenko to the Russian and Ukrainian intelligentsia: artists Karl Briullov and Alexey Venetsianov, poetVasily Zhukovsky,writerYevhen Hrebinka,intellectualsPanteleimon Kulish,Vasyl Hryhorovychand others.[2]These individuals became interested in Shevchenko's fate, and helped to secure his freedom from serfdom. Mokritsky left a diary (1975) which contains much material about Shevchenko.[1]
He died in Moscow in 1870, aged 60.
Characteristics of art
[edit]A skilful portrait painter, Mokritsky also painted landscapes. He enjoyed great popularity and had many commissions. His Italian portraits and landscapes sold well, eventually becoming exhibits in many Russian museums.
Mokritsky's portrait work is an example of the representations and trends typical of sentimental-romantic artists. At the same time, his works are interesting because they contain some features of realism. At the same time, Mokritsky - one of the many artists of the XIX century, a creative formation of which to a great extent fell under the influence of academic formal art school. The gallery of portraits of his contemporaries -Gogol,Hrebinka, Koltsov and Kukolnik - are the best in the artist's artistic legacy.[3]
References
[edit]- ^abcMokrytsky, Apollon.Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3. (1993)
- ^abcSpirit of Ukraine: 500 Years of Painting.Winnipeg Art Gallery. 1991, pg. 192ISBN0-88915-163-6.
- ^Sharov, Ihor; Шаров, Ігор (2007).Khudoz︠h︡nyky Ukraïny: 100 vydatnykh imen.Anatoliĭ. Tolstoukhov, Анатолій. Толстоухов. Kyïv: ArtEk.ISBN978-966-505-134-3.OCLC221534943.
External links
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- 1810 births
- 1870 deaths
- Nizhyn Gogol State University alumni
- Realist painters
- 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire
- Male painters from the Russian Empire
- People from Pyriatyn
- 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire
- Academic staff of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
- Imperial Academy of Arts alumni