Kyriak Kostiantynovych Kostandi

Place: Dofinovka

Born: 1852

Death: 1921

Biography:

Kyriak Kostandi was a prominent painter and art scholar from the Russian Empire. He was born on October 3, 1852, in Dofinovka, Ukraine, and died on October 31, 1921, in Odessa, Ukraine. Kostandi was a member of the Russian realist artistic movement Peredvizhniki (lit. Itinerants) and also authored several Impressionist paintings. Most of his life and work is connected with the city of Odesa in Ukraine, where he lived most of his life. His paintings are displayed in the museums of Odesa, Kyiv, Moscow, and St. Petersburg.