Krychevsky, Mykola
Krychevsky, Mykola [Кричевський, Микола; Kryčevs’kyj; Krycevsky, Nicolas], b 24 November 1898 in Kharkiv, d 11 September 1961 in Paris. Impressionist painter; son of Vasyl H. Krychevsky and brother of Vasyl V. Krychevsky. After studying art with his father, and with Yosyp Bokshai in Uzhhorod, he studied in Prague at the Ukrainian Studio of Plastic Arts and the School of Industrial Design (from which he graduated in 1928). In 1929 he moved to Paris. An author of over 7,000 paintings, Krychevsky is best known for his watercolors: his scenes of Paris (such as On the Seine, 1934) and Venice (such as Venice, 1949) earned him international acclaim. He also painted landscapes of Ukraine from memory (eg, Autumn Landscape with a Church or Memories of Ukraine). His work was exhibited at the Salon des Indépendents in Paris, and solo exhibitions of his paintings were held in Lviv, Warsaw, Prague, Rome, Brussels, as well as in the United States and Canada. Krychevsky also designed stage sets for the Ruthenian Theater of the Prosvita Society (1921–3) and Oleksander Zaharov's company (1921–5) in Uzhhorod, and the Théatre des Arts (1939) and the Théatre Hébertot (1942) in Paris.
[This article was updated in 2025.]