BIOGRAPHY. EARLY YEARS

● Descended from the poor family of a shoemaker

● Was born in Mariupol

● When a boy, he was left without his parents

● At ten he made sketches of nature

ARTISTIC PERSONALITY

● Was apprenticed to Aivazovsky

● Influenced his choice of the colourscale, subject-matter and pictorial method

Borrowed a lot from the marine painter and was often compared and contrasted to him.

EARLY WORKS

In the 60-s Kwindgy studied in the Art Academy His early pictures are

the most intrinsic and incomparable in composition

Evolved his own method of transferring freshness and vitality on to the canvas

The Clouds, 1874 The Landscape,

1872

THE TURNING POINT

In the 70-s the painter’s visions of life and nature endured some drastic changes

In the 80-s Kwindgy joined the Itinerants and won universal acclaim

He was appointed teacher in the Art Academy and taught Roerich, Bogaevsky and Rylov

“The Ukrainian Evening”

“The Ukrainian Night”

CONCLUSION

Archip Kwindgy was a self-educated artist, had a faculty of painting

He died from the heart attack at 1910

His works are distinguished by graceful and controlled movement as well as dignity, they are charming and poetic in tone and composition

I have acquired … Universal competence: socio-cultural

and instrumental

General-professional competence

Profile-specialized competence: foreign language competence