NOWAKOWSKI Alex (Oleksa) harlampievich

2 (14) March 1872 (village Sloboda-Ободовка Podolia) — 29 августа 1935 (Lviv)

Painter, graphic artist

From the family of the Forester; father of the architect Я. А. Новаковского.

Studied in Odessa from the artist-декоратора Ф. Ф. Клименко (1888-1892), then — at the Academy of arts in Cracow (1892-1900) Л. Вичульского, Я. Станиславского; the advice Я. Матейко.

Lived in the village of Mogila near Krakow, 1913 — in Lviv, where he arrived on the invitation of its patron, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. He painted landscapes, portraits, still lifes, genre scenes; in 1900-х was fascinated by impressionism; in 1910-20-х — symbolism. Author of painting works: "Children" (1905), "a Christmas Carol" (1907-1910), "Spring in the village Grave", "self-Portrait" (both — 1911), the Awakening (1912), "Revolutionary", "Leda" (1924), "Jurassic Cathedral" (1925), Music (1929), "Dovbush" (1931); decorative panel "Folk art" and "Science" (1915-1916). Was engaged in monumental painting.

his personal exhibitions were Held in Krakow (1911), Lviv (1921).

the Founder and teacher of the Art school in Lviv (1913); among students — М. Мороз, Л. Перфецкий, В. Иванюк, Р. Сельский, С. Зарицкая, Г. Смольский, С. М. Гебус-Баранецкая and others. Managed the arts in the so-called Lviv Ukrainian secret University (1924-1925).

he was Buried at Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv. A memorial exhibition was held in 2010 in Lviv.

Work is represented in many Museum collections, among them — national Museum. А. Шептицкого in Lviv, the national art Museum of Ukraine in Kyiv and others. In Lviv was opened a Memorial Museum-мастерская artist (a branch of the National Museum. А. Шептицкого).