29.05.1858 – 17.04.1911

Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky – Russian landscape painter, academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.

Konstantin Kryzhitsky was born in Kiev. Even in his youth he became interested in drawing and so went to get a General education in the Kyiv real school. Also Konstantin Y. he attended the drawing school of N. I. Murashko.

In 1877, the landscape painter entered the Imperial Academy of arts, where he studied under the guidance of Professor MK Klodt. Master graduated from the academic course in 1884 with the title of class artist of I degree and a small gold medal awarded to him for the painting “Oaks”.

In 1889, he was promoted to the degree of academician, and a year later the master was elected a full member of the Academy of arts. Additionally, the artist was an excellent teacher and he taught drawing at the Nicholas orphanage Institute.

Kryzhitsky traveled a lot. Since 1890, he has actively traveled to Europe, visited France and Germany, where he wrote a lot of great scenery, yearning for his Homeland.

In 1900, the artist’s works were exhibited at the world exhibition in Paris, and in 1909 exhibited in Munich At the international art exhibition.

Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky worked with oil paints, watercolors and pencil, drawing motifs for his landscapes mainly from the nature of the Kiev province and the suburbs of St. Petersburg.

Most paintings of the painter appeared at the annual academic exhibitions, since 1879, watercolors – at the exhibitions of the Society of Russian watercolors, an active member of which was the master himself since its Foundation. Also Kryzhitsky was the Chairman and one of organizers of Society of artists of A. I. Kuindzhi.

The artist committed suicide. He was buried at the Smolensk Orthodox cemetery.

Konstantin Kryzhitsky wrote more than four hundred paintings. In 1911 in St. Petersburg and in 1913 in Moscow passed memorial exhibitions of the artist.