Andrey Ivanovich Lizogub ( Ukrainian. Andriy Ivanovich Lizogub ; June 16, 1804, p. Burkovka , Chernigov province [1] - May 30, 1865 , Nice ) - landowner Sediv town of Chernihiv district. A big fan of art, an amateur artist. Friend of the Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko .
| Andrey Ivanovich Lizogub | |
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| Andriy Ivanovich Lizogub | |
 Portrait of A. I. Lizogub. Figure T. G. Shevchenko. 1846 | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | with. Burkovka , Borznyansky district , Chernigov province , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | May 30, 1865 |
| Place of death | Nice |
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| Father | |
| Mother | Anna Vasilyevna Dunin-Borkovskaya |
| Spouse | Nadezhda Dmitrievna Dunin-Borkovskaya |
| Children | Ilya , Dmitry , Fedor |
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Biography
Occurred from the nobility of the Chernigov province . Descendant of Cossack officers . Son of Ivan Lizogub . The brother of Major General , participant of the Napoleonic Wars , pianist and composer Alexander and musician Ilya Lizogubov . Father populist Dmitry Lizogub and public, political and statesman Fyodor Lizogub [2] .
He graduated from the course at the University of Geneva , was a member of the provincial committee for the liberation of the peasants. A connoisseur of literature and art, decently played music and painted, was known as a Ukrainophile liberal .
Andrei Lizogub and Taras Shevchenko met in February 1846, when the poet traveled through Chernihiv region on the instructions of the Archaeographic Commission.
Together with his brother Ilya, Andrei Lizogub morally and financially supported the poet in exile, corresponded with him, sent paper, drawing supplies, books and money. Subsequently, he kept works of literary and visual heritage of T. Shevchenko.
In 1846 Shevchenko fruitfully worked in an art workshop on the Lizogub estate. According to the memoirs of contemporaries, all the walls of the workshop were filled with poems and drawings. However, part of the works of Shevchenko died during a fire in the estate.
In 1846, Taras Shevchenko painted a portrait of Andrey Lizogub (paper, pencil, 21.3 × 17), which, despite its somewhat etude character, strikes with artistic perfection: Shevchenko was able to reveal the character of Andrei Lyzogub - a calm, good-natured and meek person. At the same time Taras G. and executed the oil portrait of Ilya Lizogub.
Having violated the royal prohibition to write and draw, T. Shevchenko between June 23 and December 11, 1847 painted the first self-portrait (paper, oil, 12.7 × 9.9, State Museum of Taras Shevchenko), while in Orsk Fortress , having only arrived there, and December 11, 1847 sent him to A. I. Lizogub. This is a portrait of the poet in the soldier's uniform and cap-cap.
He died from tuberculosis in Nice, was temporarily buried there in the city cemetery, later his remains were reburied in Sorochintsy , Mirgorod county , Poltava province .
Notes
- ↑ Now - Nezhinsky district, Chernihiv region , Ukraine .
- ↑ Fedor Andreevich Lizogub - Chairman of the Rada of Ministers of the Ukrainian State ( Hetman P. P. Skoropadsky ) and Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (until July 1918 )
Literature
- Lizogub Andriy Ivanovich // Dovіdnik from the History of Ukraine. - 2 nd view. - K., 2001. - P.405-406.
- Lizogub Andriy Ivanovich // Shevchenko Dictionary . Vol. 1 / Institute of Literature t. G. T. Shevchenko Academy of Sciences USRR. - Kiev: Head of editorial URE, 1976. - p.353.
Links
- Portrait of Andriya Lizoguba (ukr.)