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| Kostandi was born in 1852 in Dofinovka, close to the city of Odesa, in a family of ] descent. | Kostandi was born in 1852 in Dofinovka, close to the city of Odesa, in a family of ] descent. | ||
| Kostandi graduated from the ] in 1874, and then the ] in 1882. He then returned to Odesa, where he painted and taught at the drawing school.<ref name=eou> at the ]</ref> In 1897 he joined the ].<ref> at the ]</ref> Kostandi played an important part in introducing the ideology of the Peredvizhniki to Ukraine.<ref>Sergey Kuznetsov. "Kostandi, Kiriak." ''].'' Oxford Art Online. (accessed November 4, 2008).</ref> He was one of the founders of the |
Kostandi graduated from the ] in 1874, and then the ] in 1882. He then returned to Odesa, where he painted and taught at the drawing school.<ref name=eou> at the ]</ref> In 1897 he joined the ].<ref> at the ]</ref> Kostandi played an important part in introducing the ideology of the Peredvizhniki to Ukraine.<ref>Sergey Kuznetsov. "Kostandi, Kiriak." ''].'' Oxford Art Online. (accessed November 4, 2008).</ref> He was one of the founders of the Society of South Russian Artists, serving as the society's president from 1902 to 1920. In 1907 he was elected a full member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. From 1917 he served as director of the Odesa City Museum.<ref name=eou/> | ||
| Kostandi was a strict realist, and was opposed to every ] trend. He was mainly a ], but also did some ] and ].<ref name=eou/> After his death, his followers started the ''Kostandi Society of Artists ''.<ref> at the ]</ref> | Kostandi was a strict realist, and was opposed to every ] trend. He was mainly a ], but also did some ] and ].<ref name=eou/> After his death, his followers started the ''Kostandi Society of Artists ''.<ref> at the ]</ref> | ||
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Russian painter| Kyriak Kostandi | |
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| Born | (1852-10-03)3 October 1852 Dofinivka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kherson, Ukraine) |
| Died | 31 October 1921(1921-10-31) (aged 69) Odesa, Ukrainian SSR |
| Education | Member Academy of Arts (1907) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1882) |
| Known for | Painting |
Kyriak Kostiantynovych Kostandi (Template:Lang-uk; 3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1852 – 31 October 1921) was a prominent painter and an art scholar from the Russian Empire. A member of the Russian realist artistic movement Peredvizhniki (lit. Itinerants) he also authored several Impressionist paintings.
Most of Kostandi's life and work is connected with the city of Odesa (now in Ukraine) in the southwest of the Russian Empire where he lived most of his life. His paintings are displayed in the museums of Odesa, Kyiv, Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Life
Kostandi was born in 1852 in Dofinovka, close to the city of Odesa, in a family of Greek descent. Kostandi graduated from the Odesa Drawing School in 1874, and then the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1882. He then returned to Odesa, where he painted and taught at the drawing school. In 1897 he joined the Peredvizhniki. Kostandi played an important part in introducing the ideology of the Peredvizhniki to Ukraine. He was one of the founders of the Society of South Russian Artists, serving as the society's president from 1902 to 1920. In 1907 he was elected a full member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. From 1917 he served as director of the Odesa City Museum.
Kostandi was a strict realist, and was opposed to every formalist trend. He was mainly a genre painter, but also did some landscape painting and portrait painting. After his death, his followers started the Kostandi Society of Artists .
Characteristics of art
Kostandi is an artist whose canvases are built at the junction of high craftsmanship and an understanding of tragic existence. They are characterized by a wide range of social problems, which cannot but concern him. At the end of the 1880s, a change occurs in Kostandi's work. He remains committed to the genre of life but fundamentally changes the artistic approaches and his view of the essence of painting. At that time, he considers the problems of sunlight and plain air to be the most important ones. In a sense, inheriting the masters of Impressionism, for which the importance of temporal and psychological unity, Kostandi, in his small paintings tries to stop time and moment of feeling. His contemporaries have pointed out that Kostandi was a philosophical artist. From the 1890s all his paintings have the peculiarity of a small plotline, almost minimalism in the image, combined with a high poetic mood. It is the transmission of feelings and moods that becomes the artist's main aim.
Gallery
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Have a sick friend (1884)
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Out Into the World (1885)
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In the country. Noon (1892)
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Landscape (1897)
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Lilac (1902)
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Early spring (1915)
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Jackdaw. Autumn (1915)
References
- ^ Kostandi, Kyriak at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Peredvizhniki at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Sergey Kuznetsov. "Kostandi, Kiriak." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. (accessed November 4, 2008).
- Kostandi Society of Artists at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Sharov, Ihor; Шаров, Ігор (2007). Khudoz︠h︡nyky Ukraïny : 100 vydatnykh imen. Anatoliĭ. Tolstoukhov, Анатолій. Толстоухов. Kyïv: ArtEk. ISBN 978-966-505-134-3. OCLC 221534943.
- Кириак Константинович Костанди, Энциклопедиа Кругосвет
- Кириак Константинович Костанди Энциклопедия живописи и графики art-catalog.ru
- Kyriak Kostandi. Drawings and Watercolors from the Odessa Art Museum. Catalogue. Odessa, Optimum, 2010.
External links
Media related to Kyriak Kostandi at Wikimedia Commons