Mykola Rokyzkyj

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Memorial plaque for Mykola Rokyzkyj at the grammar school in Volodymyr-Wolynskyj

Mykola Andriyovych Rokyzkyj ( Ukrainian Микола Андрійович Рокицький , Russian ; born April 6 . Jul / 19th April  1901 greg. In Saritschtschja , volhynian governorate , Russian Empire ; † 11. February 1944 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) was a Ukrainian painter.

Life

Mykola Rokyzkyj came in Saritschtschja in Ujesd Kovel in Ukraine today Volodymyr-Volynskyi Raion of Oblast Volyn , the son of a miner to the world. He attended the high school in Volodymyr-Wolynskyi . After he and his family were evacuated to Kiev at the beginning of the First World War, he studied there between 1922 and 1927 at the State Art Institute in Kiev with Mychajlo Bojchuk . In the 1920s he was a member of the Union of Revolutionary Art of Ukraine (АРМУ).

Rokyzkyj created easel paintings and frescoes. Initially influenced by Western European trends, especially Post-Impressionism, he painted socialist-realistic works after being accused of formalism and stylization .

He died at the age of 42 in Kiev and was buried there in the Lukjanivska cemetery .

Web links

Commons : Mykola Rokyzkyj  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Article on Mykola Rokyzkyj on day.kyiv.ua ; accessed on July 13, 2019 (Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ a b Entry on Rokytsky, Mykola in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine ; accessed on July 13, 2019
  3. ↑ entry to Mykola Rokyzkyj in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia ; accessed on July 13, 2019 (Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ Short biography and works by Mykola Rokyzkyj on volart.com.ua ; accessed on July 13, 2019 (Ukrainian)
personal data
SURNAME Rokyzkyj, Mykola
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rokyzkyj, Mykola Andrijowytsch (full name); Рокицький, Микола Андрійович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Saritschtschja , Volyn Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1944
Place of death Kiev , Ukrainian SSR