Monument to Vladimir Borovikovsky, Myrgorod

December 12, 2008 in Mirgorod was a monument to famous Ukrainian artist and icon painter Vladimir Borovikovsky.

Historical Background

Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky was born in Myrhorod in 1757. At that time housed in a Cossack regiment. Family on the part of his father belonged to the small Cossack nobility. They also engaged in iconography, but at the same time fulfill their military duties.

In Myrhorod Borovikovsky lived and worked for nearly 30 years. In late 1780 he moved to St. Petersburg and worked by Dmitry Levitsky.

His early work was related to the Ukrainian tradition of painting the 18th century. For example, some paintings on religious themes saved in Kiev Museum of Ukrainian Art.

Very popular miniatures and female portraits Borovikovsky: Lopukhina portrait of Mary, the maids city architect "Dasha and Lizonka."

The famous portrait of Empress Catherine II in ordinary clothes for a walk in the park with a dog Tsarskoselskaya.

In the early 2000s in Mirgorod street was named in honor of the painter and the end of 2008 in the city center opened a monument to Vladimir Borovikovsky.

How to get there

The monument to Vladimir Borovikovsky located in the center of Mirgorod Gogol Street.