Konstantin Aleksandrovich Trutovsky (Ukrainian: Костянтин Олександрович Трутовській, Russian: Константин Александрович Трутовский; 9 February 1826, in

Kursk Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German str ...

– 29 March 1893, in Yakovlevka,

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) was a Ukrainian genre painter and illustrator.

Biography

He was born to a retired cavalry captain who was also a landowner.Brief biography
@ RusArtNet. His primary education was in

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Nikolaevsky Engineering Academy and his aptitude for drawing was first displayed."Его картины знал народ"
(His Paintings Knew the People) by Vladimir Stepanov @ ''Kurskaya Pravda''. He graduated in 1845, and began to attend classes at the

Imperial Academy of Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the T ...

with

Fyodor Bruni Fyodor (Fidelio) Antonovich Bruni (Russian: Фёдор Антонович Бруни; 10 June 1799, in Milan – 30 August 1875, in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian artist of Italian descent who worked in the Academic style. Biography His f ...

, intending to become a history painter. Soon, however, he discovered a preference for painting scenes from everyday life. While there, he made the first known portrait of

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...

, (his former fellow student at the engineering school), became involved in the

Petrashevsky Circle The Petrashevsky Circle was a Russian literary discussion group of progressive-minded intellectuals in St. Petersburg in the 1840s. It was organized by Mikhail Petrashevsky, a follower of the French utopian socialist Charles Fourier. Among the me ...

and narrowly avoided arrest. In 1849 he returned to the relative safety of his family estate, which soon passed to him, following his mother's death. He painted throughout the local villages, visiting Saint Petersburg or Moscow only to arrange exhibitions.Brief biography
@ Russian Painting. In the early 1850s, he published an ''Album of Scenes of Little Russian Life'' and, in 1856, was awarded the title of "Free Artist". In the late 1850s, he toured Germany and became a corresponding member of the "". He settled in Saint Petersburg in 1858, after the death of his second wife, who had become ill during their travels. In 1861, he was named an "Academician" for his portrayal of a Ukrainian

khorovod The khorovod or horovod ( rus, хорово́д, p=xərɐˈvot, uk, хоровод, translit=khorovod or uk, коло, translit=kolo, label=none, be, карагод , bg, хоро, pl, korowód) is an East Slavic and pagan art form and on ...

. From 1871 to 1881, he served as an inspector for the

Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (russian: Московское училище живописи, ваяния и зодчества, МУЖВЗ) also known by the acronym MUZHZV, was one of the largest educational insti ...

then, once again, returned to his estate where he created numerous oils, watercolors and drawings of the landlord class, as well as the peasants. He continued to exhibit abroad; in London, Paris and Antwerp. A major posthumous retrospective was held in Moscow in 1893. In addition to his paintings, he illustrated several works by

Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasu ...

Marko Vovchok Marko Vovchok ( uk, Марко́ Вовчо́к, birth name: Mariia Vilinskа, surname by the first marriage: Markovych, surname by the second marriage: Lobach-Zhuchenko, russian: Мария Александровна Вилинская; 22 Dece ...

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukrainian poet, writ ...

and

Ivan Krylov Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в; 13 February 1769 – 21 November 1844) is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journal ...

. He was related, by his first marriage, to

Sergey Aksakov Sergey Timofeyevich Aksakov (russian: Серге́й Тимофе́евич Акса́ков) (—) was a 19th-century Russian literary figure remembered for his semi-autobiographical tales of family life, as well as his books on hunting and fi ...

. His third wife was a lateral descendant of

Alexander Griboyedov Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов, ''Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov'' or ''Sergeevich Griboyedov''; 15 January 179511 February 1829), formerly romanized as Alexander Sergueevich Gri ...

Selected paintings

Trutovsky Konstantin Na Senovale.jpg, In the Hayloft Trutovsky 001.jpg, A Khorovod in Kursk Trutovsky Kolyadki.jpg, Caroling in Ukraine Trutovsky 005.jpg, Rural Teacher

References

External links

(Ukrainian/Eng
Kostiantyn Oleksandrovych Trutovsky
(Russian

(Russian

ST {{DEFAULTSORT:Trutovsky, Kostiantyn 1826 births 1893 deaths Military Engineering-Technical University alumni 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Realist painters People from Kursk 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire Academic staff of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture