Vasyl Krychevsky

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Hryhorovych and the family name is Krychevsky.
Vasyl Krychevsky
Krychevsky in 1928
Born
Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky

(1873-01-12)January 12, 1873
Vorozhba, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
DiedNovember 15, 1952(1952-11-15) (aged 79)
Caracas, Venezuela
Resting placeSaint Andrew Cemetery, South Bound Brook, New Jersey, United States
NationalityUkrainian
EducationRailroad school, Kharkiv, Russian Empire
Known forPainting, drawing, architecture design, graphic design, film
Notable work
  • Poltava Governorate Administration building;
  • Shevchenko Museum in Kyiv;
  • Coat of arms of Ukraine, 1918;
  • Writers' building Rolit;
  • Zvenihora (movie, director A. Dovzhenko) Art and History advisor;
MovementUkrainian impressionism, Ukrainian Art Nouveau
SpouseYevheniya Scherbakyvska

Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky (Ukrainian: Василь Григорович Кричевський; January 12, 1873 – November 15, 1952) was a Ukrainian painter, architect, art scholar, graphic artist, film art consultant, pedagogue and master of applied art and decorative art. He is the designer of the 1918 Ukrainian coat of arms, state seals, banknotes.[1] He was the brother of Ukrainian painter Fedir Krychevsky.[2]

  1. ^ "Entry Display Web Page".
  2. ^ Krychevsky, Vasyl H. Encyclopedia of Ukraine