Dmytro Bezperchy
Dmytro Ivanovich Bezperchy (Ukrainian:Дмитро Іванович Безперчий; 30 October 1825, Borisovka — 30 September 1913, Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian genre painter in the Academic style. Early life. He studied art in Saint Petersburg, from 1841 to 1846, at the Imperial Academy of Arts, and was employed in the workshops of Karl Bryullov after 1843. There, he met the poet, Taras Shevchenko, who had a strong influence on his thematic choices. Upon graduating, he was named a "" Career. Initially known for his watercolors, he also created numerous oil paintings, some graphic works depicting the Haidamaka (paramilitary fighters), and illustrations for  Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol. From the 1860s to the 1890s, he also engaged in religious work, decorating churches in Sloboda Ukraine and Crimea. As a drawing teacher, he worked at the Nizhyn Lyceum, the Kharkiv gymnasium and the Realschule. Many of the best known names in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish art studied with him, including Henryk Siemiradzki, Serhii Vasylkivsky, , , Vladimir Aleksandrovich Beklemishev, Aleksandr Shevchenko, Konstantin Pervukhin, and Vladimir Tatlin. Legacy. His works may be seen at the , the Nikanor Onatsky Regional Art Museum in Sumy, and the National Art Museum of Ukraine.