Dmytro Bezperchy

Dmitry Bezperchy (Russian:Дмитрий Иванович Безперчий; 30 October 1825, Borisovka — 30 September 1913, Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian genre painter in the Academic style.

There, he met the poet, Taras Shevchenko, who had a strong influence on his thematic choices.

Upon graduating, he was named a "Free Artist [ru]" Initially known for his watercolors, he also created numerous oil paintings, some graphic works depicting the Haydamak (paramilitary fighters), and illustrations for Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol.

As a drawing teacher, he worked at the Nizhyn Lyceum, the Kharkiv gymnasium and the Realschule.

Many of the best known names in Ukrainian and Polish art studied with him, including Henryk Siemiradzki, Serhii Vasylkivsky, Mykhailo Tkachenko, Petro Levchenko [uk], Vladimir Aleksandrovich Beklemishev, Oleksandr Shevchenko, Konstantin Pervukhin, Oleksiy Beketov [uk] and Vladimir Tatlin.