Fedir Aaronsky
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| Intro | Painter | |
| Places | Russia | |
| was | Artist Painter Iconographer | |
| Work field | Arts Social science | |
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| Birth | 1742, Khittsi, Hadiach Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine | |
| Death | 24 August 1825Kyiv, Ukraine (aged 83 years) |
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Biography
Fedir Ivanovych Aaronsky (Фе́дір Іва́нович Ааро́нський) (around 1742, Hittsi Synetski, Hetmanate (now Hittsi, Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast) — August 24, 1825, Kyiv) — Ukrainian painter, finift enamel artist, icon painter. In monastic life (from 1802) — Feodosiy.
Works
- Portraits of Catherine I, Dmitry Rostovsky, Alexander Nevsky.
- Icons:
- "Assumption of the Virgin,"
- "Guardian Angels"
- "Christ with a Crown of Thorns"
- Finift works:
- a stand for the Gospel of the Church of Mykola Dobrogo (Kyiv; preserved in the Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine);
- 8 decorations for the works of F. Sorokin (1789);
- 4 medallions for an icon (1800);
- decorations for a small altarpiece Gospel (frame by S. Rostovsky) and Apostle and Gospel (frame by Samson Strelbitsky; all — 1801). The Lavra presented the last two editions to Empress Yelizaveta Oleksiyivna and Emperor Alexander I.
After Aaronsky's death, 70 unfinished paintings and 83 finift works were left.