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Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky
Russian artist
Quick Facts
- Original surname:
- Borovik
- Born:
- July 24 [Aug. 4, New Style], 1757, Mirgorod, Russia (now Myrhorod, Ukraine)
- Died:
- April 6 [April 18, New Style], 1825, St. Petersburg (aged 67)
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (born July 24 [Aug. 4, New Style], 1757, Mirgorod, Russia (now Myrhorod, Ukraine)—died April 6 [April 18, New Style], 1825, St. Petersburg) was a Russian artist of Ukrainian background who was the foremost portraitist of the sentimentalist era and a master of ecclesiastic painting. Borovikovsky lived in Ukraine until he was 31 years old, having learned the trade of painting from his father, a Cossack and a minor member of the nobility who worked as an icon painter. Only a few of his father’s icons and portraits are extant. Though deeply sincere, they are slightly rough in ...(100 of 644 words)