Lev Michailowitsch Schemchuschnikow

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Lev Mikhailovich Schemtschuschnikow ( Russian Лев Михайлович Жемчужников , Ukrainian Лев Михайлович Жемчужников Lew Mychajlowytsch Schemtschuschnykow ; born 2 November . Jul / 14. November  1828 greg. In Pawlowka, Oryol Governorate , Russian Empire , † July 24 jul. / 6. August  1912 greg. in Tsarskoje Selo , Saint Petersburg Governorate , Russian Empire) was a Russian and Ukrainian painter and memoir writer .

Life

Lev Schemchuschnikow was born in the village of Pavlovka near Jelez as the older brother of the poet Alexei Schemchuschnikow (1821–1908) in a noble family. His younger brother Vladimir Schemchuschnikow (1830-1884) was also a poet. He graduated from the first cadet corps in Saint Petersburg and studied between 1849 and 1852 at the Academy of Arts under Karl Brjullow .

From 1852 to 1856 he lived in the Ukraine, where he collected folk objects and made friends with the kobzar Ostap Weressai . During this time he got to know the works of Taras Shevchenko , whom he met personally in 1860. Shemchushnikov created sketches from the life of the Cossacks and people in Ukraine, from the Holy Scriptures and from the life of the saints. His best works were depictions of life in Ukraine. In Sevastopol , Shemchushnikov experienced the last days of the Crimean War . From 1857 to 1860 he toured Europe and from 1860 he lived in Saint Petersburg and since then has mainly created etchings. Between 1861 and 1862, with the participation of O. Beideman and L. Lagorio, he published an album of the same name with 48 etchings as a continuation of the tradition and as a supplement to the “picturesque Ukraine” by Taras Shevchenko. He published his memoirs under the title “My memories from the past”. He died at the age of 83 in Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg.

  • Kobzar on the street; 1854

  • “Lirnyk in the hut”; 1857

  • "Leaving"; 1860

  • "Young woman"; 1861

Web links

Commons : Lev Michailowitsch Schemchuschnikow  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on Lev Schemchuschnykow in the Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine ; accessed on August 12, 2018 (Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ biography Lew Schemtschuschnikow on biografija.ru ; accessed on August 12, 2018 (Russian)
  3. ↑ Entry on Lev Schemchuschnykow in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia ; accessed on August 12, 2018 (Ukrainian)
personal data
SURNAME Schemchuschnikow, Lev Michailowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Жемчужников, Лев Михайлович (Russian); Shemchuschnykow, Lev Mychajlowytsch (transcribed in Ukrainian); Жемчужников, Лев Михайлович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian and Ukrainian painter and memoir writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Pavlovka, Oryol Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1912
Place of death Tsarskoye Selo , Saint Petersburg Governorate , Russian Empire