Bidspirit auction | Orlovsky V.D.

Orlovsky V.D. - Haymaking.. Year: 1880s-early 1890s. Size: 23x37.5. Technique: Oil on wood. Certificate by the Center of Artistic Expertise named after I.E. Repin. Orlovsky Vladimir Donatovich (1842, Kyiv - 1914, Italy). Academician. Took drawing lessons from T.G. Shevchenko. He studied at the Academy of Arts with A.P. Bogolyubova. He graduated from the academy with the title of class artist of the 1st degree. He painted sketches in Crimea, Kyiv province and Finland. Having received a gold medal for Crimean species, he worked for three years in Paris, Switzerland and Italy. In 1878 he received the title of professor for the painting “Haymaking”. He was a member of the Council of the Academy of Arts. The artist’s works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, and in many other museum collections and private collections.