ivan fomich khrutsky (1810 - 1885)
Ivan Fomich Khrutsky (Russian: Иван Фомич (Трофимович) Хруцкий) was a Russian artist of Belarusian origin of the 19th century. He is known as a master of portraiture (including group portraits) and landscape, and especially still life. Khrutsky is considered a pioneer of Russian still life. His work is characterized by a careful drawing of details, typical of the Venetian school.
Ivan Khrutsky created portraits that enjoyed great success. He often supplemented them with a vase of flowers or a fruit basket. The use of contrasting lighting gave a special expressiveness to the paintings. Many of Khrutsky's works clearly show traits of Biedermeier style.
Borrowing motifs of still life paintings from 17th century Dutch artists, Khrutsky succeeded in radically changing the overall mood of his works, giving them a major character. The details that in Dutch paintings symbolize the frailty of existence look like a hymn to the generosity of nature, satiety and prosperity of life.
Khrutsky's work is reflected on postage stamps of the USSR and Belarus. A fragment of one of his paintings is used as an image of the reverse side of the 1000 Belarusian rubles bill.
Ivan Fomich Khrutsky (Russian: Иван Фомич (Трофимович) Хруцкий) was a Russian artist of Belarusian origin of the 19th century. He is known as a master of portraiture (including group portraits) and landscape, and especially still life. Khrutsky is considered a pioneer of Russian still life. His work is characterized by a careful drawing of details, typical of the Venetian school.
Ivan Khrutsky created portraits that enjoyed great success. He often supplemented them with a vase of flowers or a fruit basket. The use of contrasting lighting gave a special expressiveness to the paintings. Many of Khrutsky's works clearly show traits of Biedermeier style.
Borrowing motifs of still life paintings from 17th century Dutch artists, Khrutsky succeeded in radically changing the overall mood of his works, giving them a major character. The details that in Dutch paintings symbolize the frailty of existence look like a hymn to the generosity of nature, satiety and prosperity of life.
Khrutsky's work is reflected on postage stamps of the USSR and Belarus. A fragment of one of his paintings is used as an image of the reverse side of the 1000 Belarusian rubles bill.
