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1 Biography
He was the son of a priest in the Diocese of Kherson.
Originally, he planned to follow in his fathers footsteps,
studying rst at the local religious school, then at the
Odessa Theological Seminary,[1] but he soon lost interest.
He had been attracted to drawing since he was a child, and
began to frequent the Odessa Drawing School at the local
art society. Under the inuence of Odessas status as a
major port, his focus soon turned to maritime themes.
In 1868, he left the seminary and went to Saint Peters-
burg, where he was accepted on a provisional basis at the
Imperial Academy of Arts. He eventually became a full
student, remaining for three years and being awarded sev-
eral medals. He returned to Ochakiv in 1871 and began Darial Gorge (1884)
a series of sketches of the Black Sea coastline.[1] Most of
these early works were derivative, and were not successful
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1.1 Plagiarism?
He continued to exhibit in Saint Petersburg, sometimes
together with Julius von Klever.[2] In 1882, his painting,
Tempest near Ochakiv, won him the title of Academi-
cian. The following year, he was married and became em-
broiled in a controversy when Arkhip Kuindzhi (a former
roommate at the Academy) accused him of plagiarism.
Although the critics and press took his side, several artists
(Kramskoi, Maximov, Volkov and Repin) published a let-
ter in the New Times, stating that Sudovsky had directly
borrowed from Kuindzhi.[3]
Two years later, at the height of his career, he fell ill with
typhus during an exhibition in Kiev, and was taken back
to Ochakiv, where he died.[2] Despite his short life, he was
able to complete a large number of canvases, which were
presented by his friends in a retrospective, shortly after
his death. His widow, Elena (also an artist), married the
military painter, Mykola Samokysh in 1889 and became
a popular illustrator.[2]
2 References
[1] ", ". Brockhaus and
Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: In 86 Volumes (82 Vol-
umes and 4 Additional Volumes). St. Petersburg. 1890
1907.
3 External links
Media related to Run Sudkovsky at Wikimedia Com-
mons
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Contributors: [1] Original artist: Run Gavrilovich Sudkovsky
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Contributors: [1] Original artist: Run Gavrilovich Sudkovsky