Oil painting Village life Grigory Petrovich Svitlytskyi

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*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Village life"
* ARTISTS: Grigory Petrovich Svitlytskyi
* SIZE: 30x36 cm/'11.81x14.17 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, cardboard
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product

About the artist: He was born on September 15 (September 27), 1872 in Kyiv, in the family of the horn player of the Kyiv Opera House, Pyotr Dmytrovych Svitlytsky, a native of Skvyra, and Glykeria Yosypivna Levytska, a native of Kyiv.

In 1886–1893) he studied at Mykola Murashka's Kyiv School of Drawing, where he was taught by Mykola Pymonenko, Khariton Platonov, Mykhailo Vrubel; While studying at the drawing school, at the request of Vrubel, he helped with other students in the work on the ornaments of the Volodymyr Cathedral, participated in the restoration of the painting of the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

In 1893–1901 he studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1893–1901; he was a student of I. Repin and M. Kuznetsov); worked in the workshop of A. Kuindzhi, with whom he developed friendly relations.

From 1901 to 1917, he headed the group for the restoration of St. Isaac's Cathedral. Exhibited at the Society of Watercolorists (since 1908) and the Kyriac Kostandi Society of Artists (since 1916).

In 1914-1915, in Kyiv, he painted the Kazan Altar of the Holy Cross ("Kozhumyak") Church in Podol, created the images of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the compositions "Conversation of Christ with the Samaritan Woman", "Protection of the Holy Virgin".

Since 1918 in Kyiv, a member of the AHCHU, since 1929 of the Ukrainian Art Association.

Since 1947 he taught at the Kyiv Art Institute, professor since 1947.

He died in Kyiv on July 28, 1948. Buried at the Lukyanivskyi cemetery (plot No. 25, row 1, place 17). The tombstone is a pyramidal stele made of black granite.

Art
Musical
He was a musician, violinist, composer:

"Melody" (1900);
"Moonlight Sonata" (1914).
Artistic
In 1918–1920, he worked mainly in graphic arts: he illustrated books, made portraits, posters; later moved on to current topics. Svitlytsky's characteristic drawing with small separate strokes, close to the French pointillists.

Work in temples, religious painting occupy a large part of the artist's life. A list of temples where Svitlytsky worked. It is known that Hryhoriy Petrovych painted the walls of the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross on Podil in Kyiv.

As Igor Sharov notes, Hryhoriy Svitlytskyi was called the "Poet of Moonlit Nights", and also a subtle lyricist, whose works are characterized by a melodious sound and a special musical expressiveness. One of the artist's most exquisite and poetic paintings is "House on a Moonlit Night". Dusk is just falling on the village, the day has not yet faded, and this rapid transition from day to night is skillfully shown in the picture. Among the tall poplars, a simple Ukrainian mazanka, whether from the rays of the sun or the moon, became bright white, festive, filled with an unknown light like a flashlight.

The author of the paintings:

"Road to the station"
"Melody" (1900);
"To the City" (1907);
"Musicians", (1912)
"Nocturne" (1914);
"The road to the station";
"Train at the station" (1916);
"Vacationers"
"Agrarian Question" (1919);
"Moonlight Sonata"
"Moonlight night in Ukraine";
"The moon has risen";
"The leaves are rustling";
"Passage of the Bogunians across the Dnipro" (1928);
"Collective farm in bloom" (1935);
"IN. I. Lenin listens to Beethoven's Passionate (1938–1947);
"P. I. Tchaikovsky in Ukraine" (1939);
Svitlytskyi's works are kept in the museums of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Sumy and Lviv.