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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 Soviet 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]

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, 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 the his birth place, former Krynki manor.[4]

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На других языках

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[de] Witold Kaetanowitsch Bjalynizki-Birulja

Witold Kaetanowitsch Bjalynizki-Birulja (belarussisch Вітольд Каэтанавіч Бялыніцкі-Біруля, russisch Витольд Каэтанович Бялыницкий-Бируля; * 12. Februar 1872 in Krynki; † 18. Juni 1957 in Moskau) war ein belarussischer Maler.

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- [en] Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya

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[fr] Vitold Bialynitski-Biroulia

Vitold Kaetanovitch Bialynitski-Biroulia (en biélorusse : Вітольд Каэтанавіч Бялыніцкі-Біруля ; en russe : Витольд Каэтанович Бялыницкий-Бируля), né le 31 janvier 1872 (12 février 1872 dans le calendrier grégorien) dans un village de l'Empire russe près de Białynicz dans le gouvernement de Moguilev (aujourd'hui dans le raïon de Bialynitchy, en Biélorussie) et mort le 18 juin 1957 près de Tver, est un peintre d'ascendance biélorusse, d'abord sujet de l'Empire russe, puis citoyen soviétique. C'est un peintre de genre réaliste.

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[ru] Бялыницкий-Бируля, Витольд Каэтанович

Вито́льд Каэта́нович Бялыни́цкий-Бируля́[9] (белор. Вітольд Каэтанавіч Бялыніцкі-Біруля; 31 января (12 февраля) 1872 — 18 июня 1957) — русский[10], советский[11][12][13] и белорусский[14][15] живописец-пейзажист, народный художник БССР (1944) и РСФСР (1947)[16][Комм. 1], действительный член Академии художеств СССР (1947)[15]. Член Товарищества передвижных художественных выставок (с 1904), Союза русских художников, АХРР (с 1922)[9]. Развивал традиции русского лирического пейзажа конца XIX века[17].

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