Nikifor Krynicki (1895 - 1968)
1895-05-21Krynica, Russian Empire1968-10-10Krynica-Zdrój, PolandPoland, Austria-Hungary (1868-1918)
Nikifor Krynicki
Nikifor Krynicki, born as Epifaniy Drovnyak, was a Lemko naïve painter. Nikifor painted over 40,000 pictures – on sheets of paper, pages of notebooks, cigarette cartons, and even on scraps of paper glued together. The topics of his art include self-portraits and panoramas of Krynica, with its spas and Orthodox and Catholic churches. Underestimated for most of his life, in his late days he became famous as a naïve painter.
Date and place of birt: | 21 may 1895, Krynica, Russian Empire |
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Date and place of death: | 10 october 1968, Krynica-Zdrój, Poland |
Nationality: | Poland, Austria-Hungary (1868-1918) |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Genre: | Cityscape, Portrait, Religious genre |
Art style: | Post War Art, Primitivism, Folk Art, Naïve art |