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Portrait of Krzysztof Deyma

Ostap Biliavskyi

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Basic information
ID
Ж-3417
Author
Ostap Biliavskyi
Name
Portrait of Krzysztof Deyma
Date of creation
1782
Technique
oil painting
Material
canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
61 x 45
Additionally
Type
painting
Genre
portraiture
Provenance
Lviv Historical Museum
Information about author
Author
Ostap Biliavskyi
Artist's lifetime
1740–1803
Country
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, now Ukraine
Biography
Ostap (Eustachy) Biliavskyi (1740–1803) was a Ukrainian artist who worked in Western Ukraine. He is known for portrait paintings and religious artworks. He was born in the village of Horodyshche near Berezhany. In the 1760s, Ostap studied at the Academy of St. Luke in Rome. The artist lived and worked in Lviv after 1771. He executed numerous commissioned portraits of burgers. In the late 1790s and early 1800s, he created a gallery of portraits of Armenian archbishops. In addition to portrait painting, Ostap Biliavskyi was engaged in monumental painting. A significant collection of works by Ostap Biliavskyi has been preserved nowadays.
Object description
Ostap Biliavskyi started his creative activity in 1760 when the traditions of the local artists' guilds were still preserved. The artist had a lot of orders and was popular with customers in Lviv. Ostap Biliavskyi has painted a significant number of portraits. The portrait of Krzysztof Deyma is considered a masterpiece by Ostap Biliavskyi. It is known that the portrayed man was an active figure of Stavropigion and posed for the artist, being over the age of 50. The portrait shows a waist-length image of Deyma. The look of his brown eyes is directed to the side. The features of the man's face are depicted in detail; the posture of the portrayed person is reproduced with the same accuracy. Admiring the passementerie of his kontusz and the illusory reproduction of the texture of various fabrics, it becomes clear why this artist was so famous. The soft and warm colours of the portrait, light reflexes on the white satin zhupan, and a skilful detailing of portrait elements create an image imbued with lyricism and intimacy.
Portrayed person
The name of the person portrayed
Krzysztof Deyma
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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