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Mykola Pymonenko
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Mykola Pymonenko
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Innate 3/9/1862 - Died 3/26/1912
Foaled in Priorka, Kyiv Governorate, Russian Corp (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
Died overlook Kyiv, Slavic Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
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Mykola Pymonenko: An Idyllic View of Ukraine
Mykola Pymonenko (1862-1912) was a Ukrainian realist painter. He spent almost his entire life in Kyiv and dedicated his career to painting genre scenes. Truly, his works are a window into the life and culture of the Ukrainian people in the 19th century. His talent led him to meet other artists such as Ilya Repin and Kazimir Malevich. Today, he is considered one of the most important artists of his country. During his lifetime he gained widespread recognition both nationally and internationally.
Mykola Pymonenko as an Icon Painter
On March 9, 1862, Mykola Kornylovych Pymonenko was born in the village of Priorka, Kyiv. At the time, that territory was part of the Russian Empire. For this reason, he is often cataloged as a Russian painter, and unfortunately, he is not the only artist in this situation. Therefore, it is important to emphasize that he was Ukrainian.
He was the son of a woodcarver and an icon painter and often accompanied his father who made altars and paintings for churches. Most probably, this contact with the country led him to decide on a career in genre painting. Later, he began assisting at his workshop. And, in 1873, he entered the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Kyiv Monastery of the Caves) to study icon pain
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Although this week’s Ukrainian artist, Mykola Pymonenko (1862–1912), is usually described as a Realist, I hope to persuade you that he was a Naturalist, following in the style of Jules Bastien-Lepage, who died prematurely in 1884.
Pymonenko was the son of one of the leading icon painters of the day, and was born and brought up in a village then on the edge of the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. He initially followed in his father’s footsteps, training first in father’s workshop, then in one of the leading centres of icon painting at that time, the monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
After his talent was spotted by Mykola Murashko of the Kyiv Art School, he studied there between 1878-1882, then progressed to the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. Poor health and lack of funds forced him back to Kyiv in 1884, where he taught drawing.
Pymonenko’s painting of Jews Carrying Things Bought at Auction from 1885 shows a small group emerging from an auction with their purchases. These include a clock tucked under the arm of the man at the left, crockery and a chair. That foreground group are painted in fine detail, and edges are all crisp. The figures behind them, and the building, are less detailed, and their highlights, such as the bri