Arkhip Kuindzhi

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Kuindzhi.
Arkhip Kuindzhi
Portrait of Arkhip Kuindzhi
Portrait by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1869
Born(1841-01-27)27 January 1841
Mariupol uezd, Russian Empire (present-day Mariupol, Ukraine)
Died24 July 1910(1910-07-24) (aged 69)
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
EducationFull Member Academy of Arts (1893)
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts (1868)
Known forPainting
Notable work
MovementLuminism
AwardsBronze Medal (London, 1874)
Patron(s)Pavel Tretyakov

Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (Russian: Архип Иванович Куинджи [ɐrˈxʲip kʊˈindʐɨ]; Greek: Αρχίπ Ιβάνοβιτς Κουίντζι; 27 January [O.S. 15 January] 1841 – 24 July [O.S. 11 July] 1910) was a Russian[1][2] landscape painter of Greek descent.[3]

  1. ^ "Письма Въ Редакцiю". Novoye Vremya (in Russian). No. 10055. March 15, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France. Я принужденъ заявить многоуважаемому г. Меньшикову, что я—русскій. Предки мои греки, которые еще при императрицѣ Екатеринѣ переселились съ южнаго берега Крыма и основали городъ Маріуполь и 24 деревни. Все сказанное мною подтвердитъ многоуважаемому г. Меньшикову мой землякъ Эльпе (Л. Поповъ), сотрудникъ „Новаго Времени“, съ которымъ я знакомъ съ дѣтства. А. Куинджи. 1 марта 1904 г. [I am forced to declare to the highly respected Mr. Menshikov [ru] that I am Russian. My ancestors are Greeks, who during the time of Empress Catherine moved from the southern coast of Crimea and founded the city of Mariupol and 24 villages. My fellow countryman Elpe (L. Popov) [ru], an employee of Novoye Vremya, whom I have known since childhood, will confirm everything I have said to the highly respected Mr. Menshikov. A. Kuindzi. 1 March 1904.]
  2. ^ "Смѣхъ и Горе". Mir iskusstva (in Russian). No. 3. 1904. p. 73. Retrieved September 11, 2024 – via Nekrasov Central Library.
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