
Vladimir Pimenov



Taras Shevchenko, born 9 March 1814 in Moryntsi (Kiev gubernia), died 10 March 1861 in St Petersburg, (Russia). Artist, poet, and national bard of Ukraine. Born a serf, Shevchenko was orphaned in his early teens and grew up in poverty and misery. He was taught to read by the village precentor and was often beaten for `wasting time’ on drawing, for which he had an innate talent. At the age of 14 he was taken by his owner, P. Engelhardt, to serve as houseboy, and traveled extensively with him, first to Vilnius (1828-31) and then to St Petersburg. Engelhardt noticed Shevchenko’s artistic talent and apprenticed him to the painter V. Shiriaev for four years. During that period Shevchenko spent his free time sketching the statues in the imperial summer gardens. There he met the Ukrainian artist I. Soshenko, who introduced him to other compatriots in St Petersburg, Ye. Hrebinka, V. Hryhorovych, and O. Venetsianov. Through them he met the Russian painter K. Briullov, whose portrait of the Russian poet V. Zhukovsky was disposed of in a lottery, the proceeds of which were used to buy Shevchenko’s freedom from Engelhardt on 22 April (os, 5 May ns) 1838.
Bron: ualberta.ca/CIUS/eu/articles/art-shevch.htm

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