Lepchenko biography books

Gregory Lapchenko was the son of a Ukrainian Cossack. His precocious talent for drawing was estimated by count N. With. Vorontsov, who have helped to provide the City of Lapchenko formal artistic education. In 1822, the young man entered the Academy of fine arts, where under the guidance of the great teacher A.

I. Ivanov in 1830 and graduated with a gold medal for the painting "Kiev, feed Pratice the news of the approach to Kiev Pechenegs" the class of historical painting.

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In his Italian pensioner's trip works a lot, talking to Russian and Italian painters, in particular, was well acquainted with Alexander Ivanov.

In 1842 he was awarded the title of academician for the painting "Susanna caught by the elders."

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I. Lapchenko not destined to be realized fully. In Italy he was too blind. Upon returning to Russia the artist some time working on his paintings on religious subjects. However, the onset of complete blindness interrupts the painter.

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