Mykola Krychevsky

Russian (1898-1961)

Krychevsky was born to an artistic family. His father was Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky (1873-1952), an architect, painter, graphic artist and the founder and first president of the Ukrainian State Academy of Arts in Kyiv. As a young man Mykola Krychevsky expressed a great interest in theater and became an actor before moving to Prague in 1919, where he completed his studies at the School of Industrial Design. In 1929 he moved to Paris, where he lived for the rest of his life. Although he focused on painting, he was also a theatrical scenery designer and painter as well as a wood engraver and book illustrator.

Krychevsky painted in the neo-impressionist style, and became well-known for his watercolors capturing the grace and charm of Paris and Venice.