Ivan Yizhakevych

Ivan Sydorovych Yizhakevych (; January 18, 1864 – January 19, 1962) was a Soviet and Ukrainian painter and writer, People's Painter of the Ukrainian SSR (1951).

Life, education and work

Yizhakevych was born in the village of Vyshnopil, Kiev Governorate. He was educated in the M. Murashko School of Art in Kyiv, Ukraine from 1882 to 1884. Following this Yizhakevych studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts from 1884 to 1888.

Yizhakevych's paintings reflect themes from Ukrainian history, such as Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv, Cossack battles, and Haidamaky. Yizhakevych also illustrated works by Ukrainian writers, among them: Taras Shevchenko, Lesya Ukrainka, Ivan Kotliarevsky, Ivan Franko, and produced paintings of common people and their lives.

Yizhakevych made numerous artistic contributions to Kyiv churches.

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1864 births

1962 deaths

19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire

19th-century Ukrainian male artists

19th-century Ukrainian painters

20th-century Ukrainian male artists

20th-century Ukrainian painters

Painters from the Russian Empire

People from Cherkasy Oblast

People from Kiev Governorate

Recipients of the title of People's Painter of Ukraine

Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Soviet painters

Soviet printmakers

Ukrainian male painters

Ukrainian printmakers

Burials at Baikove Cemetery