Name Evgraf Krendovsky | Died 1870 | |
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Evgraf Fedorovich Krendovsky (Ukrainian: Євграф Федорович Крендовський, Russian: Евграф Фёдорович Крендовский; 1810, Kremenchuk — 1870s, unknown) was a portrait, genre and interior portrait painter.
Biography
Little is known of his background. As a young man he worked at the police station in Arzamas, where he attended the famous art school operated by Alexander Stupin. From 1830 to 1835, he lived in Saint Petersburg and studied with Alexey Venetsianov. At that time, he is known to have presented an exhibition at the Imperial Academy of Arts.
In 1835, family issues forced him to return to Kremenchuk, where he became the drawing tutor for a local landowner's family in nearby Poltava Province. Four years later, he was awarded the title of "Free Artist". Despite being relatively isolated in the provinces, some of his best-known works were created during the 1840s, some of which are now in the Tretyakov Gallery.
Slightly more than twenty paintings constitute his entire known output. His last extant work is dated 1853. His fate after that point is unknown, although it is generally believed that he died sometime during the 1870s.