Arkhip KuindzhiUkraine, 1842–1910Днепр
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Imens i livet hos Arkhip Kuindzhi
Hele livet1882–1901
Twenty years of seclusion
The reasons for the seclusion are unknown; he was probably tired of the fuss and of accusations of cheap effects. The public thought he had exhausted himself, but he worked tirelessly, searching for pigments and grounds resistant to the air, and created about five hundred sketches and finished works and about three hundred graphic works.
1901
Breaks his seclusion: four paintings
In 1901 Kuindzhi showed his students, and then some friends, four paintings: the finished “Evening in Ukraine”, “Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane”, the third version of “The Birch Grove” and the already known “The Dnieper in the Morning”. The viewers were enraptured, and people talked of the artist again.
1901
The last public exhibition
In November 1901 the last public exhibition of Kuindzhi’s work took place; after it nobody saw his new paintings until his death. Witnesses explained this by his fear of sceptical visitors, but the explanation satisfied few.
1908–1909
Founds the artists’ society that bears his name
Together with Konstantin Kryzhitsky Kuindzhi took the initiative in founding in St Petersburg a society of artists to support artists; it was established in November 1908 or in 1909 and was later named after him.
summer 1910
Pneumonia in the Crimea
In summer 1910, while in the Crimea, Kuindzhi fell ill with pneumonia. With the doctors’ permission his wife took him to St Petersburg, but the illness progressed: his weak heart told.
24. juli 1910
Died
