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     Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky
     (Russian: July 24 O.S. 1757 - April 6 O.S. 1825) was a Ukrainian-born painter who dominated Russian portraiture at the turn of the 19th century. ladimir Borovikovsky was born dymyr Borovyk in Myrhorod (now Ukraine) on July 24, 1757. His father, Luka Borovyk was a Ukrainian Cossack and an amateur icon painter. According to the family tradition, all four of Borovyk's sons served in Myrhorod regiment, but Volodymyr retired early at the rank of poruchik and devoted his life to art mostly icon painting for local churches. Borovikovsky may have lived the remainder his life as an amateur painter in a provincial town if not for an unexpected event. His friend Vasyl Kapnist was preparing an accommodation for Empress Catherine II in Kremenchuk during her travel to newly conquered Crimea. Kapnist asked Borovikovsky to paint two allegoric paintings (Peter I of Russia and Catherine II as peasants sowing seeds and Catherine II as a Minerva) for her rooms. The paintings so pleased the Empress that she requested that the painter move to Saint Petersburg. Portrait of Maria Lopukhina, 1797After September 1788 Borovikovsky lived in Saint Petersburg where he changed his surname from the Cossack "Borovyk" to the more aristocratic-sounding "Borovikovsky". For his first ten years in Saint Petersburg, he lived in the house of the poet, architect, musician and art theorist, Prince Nikolay Lvov, whose ideas strongly influenced Borovikovsky's art. At 30-years-old, he was too old to attend Imperial Academy of Arts, so he took private lessons from Dmitry Levitzky and later from Austrian painter Johann Baptist Lampi.

Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky Portrait of Elena Alexandrovna Naryshkina oil painting artist
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Portrait of Elena Alexandrovna Naryshkina
1799(1799) cjr

     Painting ID::  78426
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16x20 40x50 $69
20x24 50x60 $89
24x36 60x90 $139
30x40 75x100 $149
36x48 90x120 $219
48x72 120x180 $399
  Portrait_of_Elena_Alexandrovna_Naryshkina
1799(1799) cjr

Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky Portrait of D.A Derzhavina oil painting artist
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Portrait of D.A Derzhavina
1813(1813) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 284 x 204.3 cm (111.8 x 80.4 in) cyf

     Painting ID::  78603
INCHES CM PRICE  
16x20 40x50 $69
20x24 50x60 $89
24x36 60x90 $139
30x40 75x100 $149
36x48 90x120 $219
48x72 120x180 $399
  Portrait_of_D.A_Derzhavina
1813(1813) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 284 x 204.3 cm (111.8 x 80.4 in) cyf

Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky Portrait of Elena Alexandrovna Naryshkina oil painting artist
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Portrait of Elena Alexandrovna Naryshkina
1799 cjr

     Painting ID::  78747
INCHES CM PRICE  
16x20 40x50 $69
20x24 50x60 $89
24x36 60x90 $139
30x40 75x100 $149
36x48 90x120 $219
48x72 120x180 $399
  Portrait_of_Elena_Alexandrovna_Naryshkina
1799 cjr

Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky Portrait of Alexandr Borisovich Kurakin oil painting artist
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Portrait of Alexandr Borisovich Kurakin
1801(1801) Oil on canvas cjr

     Painting ID::  78974
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16x20 40x50 $69
20x24 50x60 $89
24x36 60x90 $139
30x40 75x100 $149
36x48 90x120 $219
48x72 120x180 $399
  Portrait_of_Alexandr_Borisovich_Kurakin
1801(1801) Oil on canvas cjr

Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow oil painting artist
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Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow
1795(1795) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 28.7 x 23.5 cm (11.3 x 9.3 in) cyf

     Painting ID::  79200
INCHES CM PRICE  
16x20 40x50 $69
20x24 50x60 $89
24x36 60x90 $139
30x40 75x100 $149
36x48 90x120 $219
48x72 120x180 $399
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1795(1795) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 28.7 x 23.5 cm (11.3 x 9.3 in) cyf

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     (Russian: July 24 O.S. 1757 - April 6 O.S. 1825) was a Ukrainian-born painter who dominated Russian portraiture at the turn of the 19th century. ladimir Borovikovsky was born dymyr Borovyk in Myrhorod (now Ukraine) on July 24, 1757. His father, Luka Borovyk was a Ukrainian Cossack and an amateur icon painter. According to the family tradition, all four of Borovyk's sons served in Myrhorod regiment, but Volodymyr retired early at the rank of poruchik and devoted his life to art mostly icon painting for local churches. Borovikovsky may have lived the remainder his life as an amateur painter in a provincial town if not for an unexpected event. His friend Vasyl Kapnist was preparing an accommodation for Empress Catherine II in Kremenchuk during her travel to newly conquered Crimea. Kapnist asked Borovikovsky to paint two allegoric paintings (Peter I of Russia and Catherine II as peasants sowing seeds and Catherine II as a Minerva) for her rooms. The paintings so pleased the Empress that she requested that the painter move to Saint Petersburg. Portrait of Maria Lopukhina, 1797After September 1788 Borovikovsky lived in Saint Petersburg where he changed his surname from the Cossack "Borovyk" to the more aristocratic-sounding "Borovikovsky". For his first ten years in Saint Petersburg, he lived in the house of the poet, architect, musician and art theorist, Prince Nikolay Lvov, whose ideas strongly influenced Borovikovsky's art. At 30-years-old, he was too old to attend Imperial Academy of Arts, so he took private lessons from Dmitry Levitzky and later from Austrian painter Johann Baptist Lampi.

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