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Artist Statement for Vasyl H. Krychevsky
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Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky, the designer of the Ukrainian Coat of Arms, died in Venzuela, Nov. 15 1952.
Architect, Painter, Art Scholar, Graphic artist, Set Designer (Theater, Cinema), Master of Applied and decorative Arts
The texts below, were written by several art historians.
http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pagesKRKrychevskyVasylH.htm
http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/krychevskyv.html
http://www.knyha.com/ukr/catalog/10589
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl_Krychevsky
http://www.artukraine.com/exhibitions/artists/krychevsky05.htm
http://www.russianartgallery.com/krych-images.shtml
http://www.russianartgallery.com/krychevsky.shtml
V H Krychevsky was considered an artist and scholar of broad Panhumanistic views. Researchers have considered his place must be among the Great Masters of the XIX - XX centuries.
" Hordynsky: "If we conceive national art as temple resting on columns, then Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky was one of such column of Ukrainian art". Vasyl Krychevsky the key figure in the Ukrainian art of the past century, was the Creator of the new Ukrainian architecture and first cinema art director, painter, graphic artist and scenographer, designer and master of applied art, teacher, researcher and connoisseur last century of folk art. "
http://www.artukraine.com/exhibitions/artists/krychevsky01.htm
Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky
(1873-1952)
By V. Sichynsky, 1953
" One of the greatest artists of our times, Vasyl Krychevsky, an outstanding personality and artist of broad inspirations represents a whole epoch of development of the Ukrainian modern art of the first half of our century. Over a period of a full half century, the entire artistic movement in the center of Ukraine was in one way or another connected with the name of this artist.
The scope of his artistic activities extended into all branches of art - architecture, painting, graphics, industrial art. He also occupied himself as a theatrical decorator, fashioned layouts in motion pictures, compiled publications dealing with Ukrainian art, and as a publicist, he treated themes on contemporary problems of Ukrainian art.
Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky
The manifold and all-sided activity was not only the outgrowth of the artist's talent, but it emanated from the necessities decreed by the epoch - in a way, an order of the epoch.
Abreast with the development of the Ukrainian national movement, at the waning of the XIXth century, emerges a keen interest in the past and in Ukrainian historical and national art. V. Krychevsky was properly speaking, one of the greatest pillars of the new artistic trend, who created new and modern art availing himself of the rich heritage - predominately of the traditional art.
Vasyl Krychevsky was born in the village of Vorozhba near Lebedyn, in Ukraine, on January 12, 1873, the son of a physician's assistant. After his graduation from the School of Technology in Kharkiv, he worked for some time as a designer in building firms and architect-designer's offices. His outstanding abilities as well as his assiduous self-educative laboring afforded him the possibility to become an assistant to architects, particularly, to such celebrated technicians as were engineer S. Zagoskin and architect Beketov. In 1895 he started with independent architectural designing of large apartment houses and public buildings.
In 1903, at the big architectural contest for a design for the Poltava Zemstvo (District Assembly), V. Krychevsky carried off the first prize. Among other constructions in modern Ukrainian architectural style, he is credited with the construction of the National Home in Lokhvytsia, the schools in the Chernihiv region, the buildings of D. Miloradovich, I. Schytkivsky and others. In 1911-1912 he made extensive study tours to Italy, Austria and Germany. He operated the famous rug work-shops of Mrs. Khanenko in Olenivka and was the Director of the School of Ceramics in Myrhorod. He was chief decorator of the M. Sadovsky theatre, and later on, of the State Theatre in Kyiv.
During the period of the Ukrainian National Republic, after the revolution of 1917, when the State Academy of Arts was opened in Kyiv (November 21, 1917) V. Krychevsky was elected the first president of the Academy but he declined the post.
When in February 1918 the Bolshevik army dispatched from Moscow was devastating Kyiv with artillery fire, the first building target at which they deliberately directed their projectiles was the private building of Prof. Hrushevsky where the extremely valuable library and art collections of M. Hrushevsky and V. Krychevsky were destroyed
In the 1920's V. Krychevsky was professor at the Architectural Institute and the Art Institute in Kyiv, the latter renamed so after the 're-organization' of the original Academy of Arts by the Bolshevik Administration. From 1925 until 1928 the artist worked at Odessa in the capacity of chief designer of architectural sceneries in renowned Ukrainian motion pictures.
In the spring of 1940 a grandiose one-man exhibition of V. Krychevsky's works was arranged which displayed 1,055 exhibits of his compositions covering the period from 1892 to 1940.
During World War II, our artist left Kyiv, and for a time lived in Lviv, thence to Slovakia and still later in West Germany. In 1949 he emigrated to Venezuela where he passed away in Caracas on November 15, 1952.
In the field of architecture V. Krychevsky represents the whole artistic trend of the rebirth of Ukrainian style.Basing his works on
the historical heritage of Ukrainian architecture, the artist espoused, to a larger degree, the utilization of popular (peasant) motives of building. Industriously gathering this rich material, the artist-architect transformed them in a modern spirit, applying architectural forms to contemporary constructional means and material. Inspite of the picturesque of his architectural forms, which he created, his buildings were built in conformity with the constructive principle whereby he used few moderate ornaments and details and tended to apply less and less frequently purely decorative means.
celebrated accomplishment is the building of the Poltava Zemstvo which at the time caused a sensation and precipitated vehement opposition and criticism of Russian authors who alleged that a Ukrainian style in architecture 'does not exist at all' and is 'unknown' as such. As a result a protracted controversy ensued which was fought out in the Russian and other circles.
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