Ivan Soshenko
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| Ivan Soshenko | |
| Birth name | Іван Максимович Сошенко |
| Born | 2 June 1807 Bohuslav, Ukraine |
| Died | 18 July 1876 Korsun, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Field | Painter |
| Movement | Romantic art.[1] |
Ivan Maksymovych Soshenko (Ukrainian: Іван Сошенко, 2 June 1807 Bohuslav, Kyiv gubernia, - 18 July 1876 Korsun) was a Ukrainian painter.
Soshenko studied at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts from 1834–8, then taught painting in gymnasiums in Nizhyn from 1839–46, Nemyriv from 1846–56, and Kyiv. His work included portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, and icons.[2]
In 1835 he met and befriended Taras Shevchenko[3]. Along with teaching him the use of watercolors[4], Soshenko also introduced him to authors and painters Yevhen Hrebinka, Vasily Zhukovsky, Karl Briullov, and Alexey Venetsianov, and aided in the purchase Shevchenko's freedom from serfdom. He later helped place him in the St Petersburg Academy of Arts.
Mykhailo Chaly published a biography of Soshenko in Kyiv in 1876.
[edit] References
- ^ Bohdan Kravtsiv, Danylo Husar Struk (1993). Romanticism (English). Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
- ^ Ivan Soshenko (English). Encyclopedia of Ukraine (1993). Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
- ^ Lari Prokop. Taras Shevchenko biography at the Taras Shevchenko museum
- ^ Anna reid. Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine . Westview Press, 2000. p 78
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