Vasyl Krychevsky
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Krychevsky in 1928
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| Born |
Hryhorovych Krychevsky January 12, 1873 Vorozhba, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | November 15, 1952 (aged 79) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Resting place | Saint Andrew Cemetery, South Bound Brook, New Jersey |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Education | Railroad school, Kharkiv, Russian Empire |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, architecture design, graphic design, film |
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| Movement | Ukrainian Impressionism, Ukrainian Art Nouveau |
| Spouse(s) | Yevheniya Scherbakyvska |
Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky (Ukrainian: Василь Григорович Кричевський; January 12, 1873 in Vorozhba, now Lebedyn Raion - November 15, 1952 in Caracas, Venezuela) was a Ukrainian painter, architect, art scholar, graphic artist, film art consultant, pedagogue and master of applied art and decorative art. He is the designer of the 1918 Ukrainian coat of arms, state seals, banknotes. He was the brother of Ukrainian painter Fedir Krychevsky.
Vasyl Krychevsky was born in the village of Vorozhba, near Lebedyn, to a family of eight children where he was the eldest. His father Hryhoriy Yakymovych Krychevsky was a county state doctor of Jewish descent who converted to Orthodox Christianity and married a Ukrainian woman, Praskovia Hryhorivna.
Krychevsky had little formal education, but a deep interest in Ukrainian folklore and art history. During the First World War, he was one of the founders and rectors of the Ukrainian State Academy of Arts. In the 1920s he taught at the Kiev Institute of Plastic Arts, the Kiev Architectural Institute. Among the students - Joseph Karakis, who studied from Krichevsky "Interior of residential and public buildings" as well as painting techniques. He then taught at the Odessa Art School and served in the architectural department of the Kiev State Art Institute until 1941.
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