Nikolay
Lvovich Skadovsky

A native of Kherson gubernia, mind. June 11, 1892, on 46-m to year of birth. His childhood spent in Odessa and at the end of the Richelieu gymnasium in 1865, 19-year-old young man, he entered the medical faculty of Moscow University. At the same time enrolled and a volunteer at the Moscow school of painting, where then reigned originated the school of Russian real genre. However, not being able to combine the serious pursuit of painting with the study medicine, switched to law school, to have more time to engage in his favorite thing. In 1869 finished a University course and your visit to the painting school, where he received a medal for a study, and fully devoted himself to art. Being a wealthy man, all the time he could devote to the work in the best art galleries, where he studied the samples, and in 1876 he began to work in his own Studio in his native village of Belozersk. His first picture appeared in 1879, on the exhibition of the Society for the encouragement of artists, and after 2 years on arranged and another artist, Sudkovsky, the exhibition came about 10 of his paintings. In 1882 his painting "Tavern, he" was acquired for the Tretyakov gallery; in 1883 the Society for the encouragement of artists gave him the prize for the painting "Homeless", and in 1888 at the competition of Moscow society of lovers of art, he also received the award for his film "the Autopsy of the dead body". He's written more than 100 paintings, most of which have appeared in exhibitions in southern cities of Russia. Although the pattern C. in the manner of writing is somewhat dry and does not Shine particularly racy, but they have a lot of characteristic types, seen diligently the study of life, and their content is of undoubted interest. C. is also the initiator occurred in 1889 in Odessa, the "Society of South Russian artists". "The artist", 1892, № 20, p. 500-502. — "World Illustration", 1892, № 1223. — "Russian Art. Architect.", 1892 — "Odessa messenger", 1892, № 150. P. Gurevich. {The Cumans}