death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation alma_mater
6 march 1967 buenos aires , argentina orhiyiv moldova -rrb- , bessarabia governorate , russian empire -lrb- now january 19 , 1895 boris i. kriukow.jpg boris kriukow
 boris kriukow painter , graphic and mosaic artist kyiv art school
boris kriukow

boris kriukow was born on january 19 , 1895 in orhiyiv , bessarabia -lrb- now moldova -rrb- .
the name was russified from `` krukiv '' -lrb- see : kremenchuk -rrb- .
his father was an official in the court of justice of that town .
after finishing the kyiv art school in 1918 , he concentrated on graphic art .
in the interwar period he illustrated over 500 books , among them works by shevchenko , franko , dickens , antonenko-davydovych , etc. , as well as books for children by n. zabila , l. pervomaysky , and many others .
he was recognized as one of the best graphic artists in ukraine .
during world war two , 1943 , he moved to lviv , where he took part in an exhibition , one of his paintings being called by art critics `` the jewel '' of that exhibition .
from 1944 to 1948 he lived in austria , and painted under the pseudonym of ivan usatenko , taking part in art exhibitions in salzburg , innsbruck , etc. .
in 1948 , he emigrated to argentina and settled in buenos aires , where he held personal exhibitions in the most renowned art galleries , such as müller , van riel , and whitcomb , almost yearly -lrb- 1949 -- 1965 -rrb- .
his oil paintins were also exhibited in canada -lrb- toronto , 1956 -rrb- , and usa -lrb- new york , 1963 and 1965 -rrb- .
at the same time , he worked as a book illustrator for both argentine and ukrainian publishing houses .
1950 -- 1960 he illustrated up to 80 ukrainian books for mykola denysiuk publishers , buenos aires .
he cooperated , too , with the julian serediak publishing firm , editors of the `` mitla '' -lrb- the broom -rrb- humor magazine , where his own book , smikholina -lrb- laughter-drops -rrb- was published -lrb- 1966 -rrb- .
from 1950 until his death , he was the only illustrator of the great series `` the unforgettable classics '' -lrb- all editions in spanish -rrb- of the famous `` ateneo '' publishing firm : `` arabian nights '' -lrb- 1950 and 1956 -rrb- ; edgar allan poe : `` selected tales '' -lrb- 1951 -rrb- ; dante alighieri : `` the divine comedy '' -lrb- 1952 -rrb- ; giovanni boccaccio : `` decamerone '' -lrb- 1953 -rrb- ; miguel de cervantes saavedra : `` don quixote '' -lrb- 1954 -rrb- ; selected works by : francisco de quevedo -lrb- 1957 -rrb- , anatole france -lrb- 1958 -rrb- , Émile zola -lrb- 1961 -rrb- .
along with his work for the `` ateneo '' , he illustrated books for another argentine publishing house , `` atlántida '' : `` white fang '' by jack london -lrb- 1956 -rrb- ; `` little lord fountleroy '' by frances hodgson burnett -lrb- 1956 -rrb- ; `` little men '' -lrb- 1955 -rrb- and `` little women '' -lrb- 1964 -rrb- by louisa m. alcott ; `` heidi '' -lrb- 1957 -rrb- by j. spiry ; `` the adventures of buffalo bill '' -lrb- 1964 -rrb- by w. f. cody .
also for `` atlántida '' , he executed colorful paintings of animals and the like , for smaller children .
it should be mentioned , that after his death in 1967 , the well known ukrainian writer and poet igor kaczurowskyj -lrb- the painter 's son in law -rrb- was inspired by some twenty pictures kriukow had made , in his spare time , on the subject of the old ukrainian tale about the cat `` mister kotsky '' , to write a long poem for children , which , many years later -lrb- 1992 -rrb- was to be published in ukraine , illustrated by these same pictures from the artist 's heritage .
in 1965 , he was invited to exhibit in buenos aires town hall , after having received two important rewards : 1964 , for his drawing `` don quixote '' , presented at an international art competition of the `` codex '' publishing house , madrid , and for his drawing `` don segundo sombra '' , from `` codex argentina '' .
he is the author of a large oil picture of cardinal josyf slipy , and of the argentine heroes `` josé de san martín '' -lrb- at the battle of chacabuco ; buenos aires town hall -rrb- , and `` admiral guillermo brown '' -lrb- unfinished ; donated by his family to the brown institute after his death .
his last , finished , work was the apsis mosaic of `` the virgin and child '' , executed for the ukrainian cathedral of the `` holy protection '' in buenos aires , and coronated by pope john paul ii , in 1988 , the millennium of christianity in ukraine .
boris kriukow died in buenos aires , on march 6 , 1967 .
posthumous exhibitions were held in new york and toronto -lrb- 1969 -rrb- , munich -lrb- 1977 -rrb- , and bad aibling -lrb- bavaria , 1980 -rrb- .
in 1970 , a monograph about him -lrb- `` boris kriukow '' -rrb- in ukrainian , spanish , and english was published .
