Vasylkovska Sergey

October 7, 1854 (Raisin Kharkov province) - September 25, 1917 (Kharkiv)

painter and graphic artist.

born in a family of small provincial officer. He studied in the 2 nd of the Kharkov school (not finished). Some time was engaged in the Kharkov Veterinary Institute. He served in the Office of the Kharkov Provincial Treasury, then - in the Office of the Kiev specific office. At the same time took private lessons in painting and drawing from the artist DI Bezperchego.

In 1876 he moved to St. Petersburg. He studied at the IAH, first as volnoprihodyaschego student, then as a regular student in landscape class in M. Klodt, VD Orlovsky. For student work was repeatedly awarded with medals: in 1879 - a small silver for the sketch from life in 1881 - a small silver for a picturesque sketch of trees in 1882 - a small silver for the sketch, in 1883 - two large silver for landscape drawing and painting , in 1884 - a small gold for the painting "Morning" (some sources say - "Spring"). In 1885 he was awarded a large gold medal for the program now "on the Donets, is released from the Academy with the rank of class artist and the right of a pensioner's travel abroad for four years.

in 1886 as a pensioner IAH went to Europe. Lived mainly in Paris, where he studied painting barbizontsev and other modern French landscape. Traveled to France, Germany, Britain, Spain and North Africa.

In 1888 he returned to Russia before the end of pensionerstva. Lived in Kharkov. Since 1885 participated in academic exhibitions, from 1886 - in the exhibitions of Moscow Society of Art Lovers. Many traveled to Russia - Ukraine, Crimea, Caucasus. In 1892 became a member and active participant in the exhibition (until 1917) the Society of Russian watercolors. Since 1894 - member and exhibitor of St. Petersburg Society of Artists. In 1900 in Kharkov held personal exhibition.

fascinated Ukrainian antiquity and ethnography. He was one of the founders of the Kharkov literary and artistic circle. He worked primarily as a landscape painter, following in his art tradition of realistic landscape. He created several paintings on the theme of Ukrainian and Russian history, as well as a number of portraits of historical figures of Ukraine.

Vassilkovsky works are in many museum and private collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Scientific Research Museum of Russia Academy of Art, the Museum of Ukrainian Art in Kiev, Kharkov Art Museum and others.