Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya

Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya
Витольд Бялыницкий-Бируля
Byalynitsky-Birulya in 1898
Born(1872-01-31)31 January 1872
Krynki, Mogilev region, Russian Empire
Died18 June 1957(1957-06-18) (aged 85)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting place
Novodevichy Cemetery
MovementImpressionism
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner of Labour
People's Artist of the RSFSR
People's Artist of Belarus

Vitold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya (Belarusian: Вітольд Каэтанавіч Бялыніцкі-Біруля, Russian: Вито́льд Каэта́нович Бялыни́цкий-Бируля́; 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1872 in Krynki, (now Byalynichy district), Mogilev region, Belarus – 18 June 1957 in Moscow) was a Russian, Soviet and Belarusian landscape painter.[1]

Biography

Byalynitsky-Birulya originates from a noble Belarusian family, whose representatives are mentioned in the 16th century in connection with the Livonian War. His father served in the Dnieper shipping company allowing Byalynitsky-Birulya to travel with him on Belarusian rivers. His education began in Kyiv with cadet corps, after which he went to the famous Kiev drawing school Murashki, which was associated with the names of such artists as Repin, Vrubel, Serov and Malevich. At the age of 17, Byalynitsky-Birulya entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He got acquainted with Isaac Levitan, in whose studio he began to work.[2]

In 1947, Byalynitsky-Birulya was elected into the USSR Academy of Arts.[1] and became an Honorary Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Soviet Belarus.[3]

His grave at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

He died on June 18, 1957, in Moscow, at the age of 85; he was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.[4]

Byalynitsky-Birulya has left a rich legacy - approximately 2000 paintings and sketches housed in various museums and private collections around the world. More than 450 of his paintings are kept in Belarus - in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus,[5] the Museum of Belynitsky-Birula in Mogilev, Art Museum named after Bialynichy-Birula in Byalynichy and others. The memory of Byalynitsky-Birulya is honored in the names of schools and streets in Mogilev and Byalynichy. A memorial sign has been erected in his honor at the Drut River on the site of his birth place, former Krynki manor.[6]

According to Russian libertarian Mikhail Svetov, Byalynitsky-Birulya is his distant relative.[7]

References

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  1. 1 2 Бялыницкий-Бируля Витольд Каэтанович (in Russian). Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Беларускі класік Вітольд Бялыніцкі-Біруля (Belarusian classic artist Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya)(in Belarusian)". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Бялыніцкі-Біруля Вітольд Каятанавіч (Vitold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya) (in Belarusian)". Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Кипнис Соломон Ефимович (1995). Новодевичий Мемориал Некрополь Новодевичьего Кладбища 1995.
  5. ↑ National Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk, ed. (1995). Русская дореволюционная и советская живопись в собрании Национального художественного музея Республики Беларусь (in Russian). Vol. 1. Minsk: Belarus. pp. 64–196, cat. nos. 100–560. ISBN 985-01-0054-0. OCLC 36139577.
  6. ↑ "Бялыніцкі-Біруля Вітольд Каятанавіч (Vitold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya) (in Belarusian)". Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Леголас и Гимли взаимно уважают друг друг 4 часа 40 минут (2024-06-21) on YouTube
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