Tymofiy Lvovych Boychuk, sometimes called Tymko (; 27 September 1896, Romanivka, now in

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— 13 July 1922,

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) was a Ukrainian painter. His older brother was the artist, Mykhailo Boychuk.Brief Biography
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He was born to a peasant family. In 1914, his brother Mykhailo brought him to Kyiv. Having displayed a talent for drawing at an early age, he was soon put to work as an assistant for Mykhailo who, since 1912, had been working with the

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to restore paintings and

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es at in . As World War I progressed, the two brothers (who were officially Austrian citizens) were relocated to the northeast; first in

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, then

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. They were released at the beginning of the

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and allowed to return to Kyiv. After the creation of the Ukrainian State Academy of Arts, Mykhailo organized a workshop with a school and included Timofey in his staff. It was there that he began distinguishing himself as a painter; becoming especially well known for his portraits and political posters. Later, his early portrayals of peasant life, painted with

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on boards, would become his best remembered works. They reflected influences from

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a Ukrainian folk art. He also provided illustrations for children's books. He died at the age of twenty-six, of unspecified causes, just as he was beginning to have some influence on the local art community. His frescoes at the

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have been preserved, but most of his works were destroyed during the campaign against Boychukism, which was part of the

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