Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky (Russian: Константин Яковлевич Крыжицкий; Ukrainian: Костянтин Якович Крижицький; 17 May 1858 – 4 April 1911) was a Russian landscape painter and drawing teacher of Ukrainian and Polish descent, who was the first chairman of the Arkhip Kuindzhi art society in St. Petersburg.

[1] After finishing his primary education, he attended the drawing school operated by Mykola Murashko.

[2] He completed his courses there in 1884, receiving the title of "Artist First-Class" and a gold medal for his painting "The Oaks".

Later, he served as Chairman of an art society created by a bequest from his friend Arkhip Kuindzhi.

Apparently, the resemblance derived from a photograph taken in the Białowieża Forest, that was later used as a model by both artists, and involved a single, distinctive tree.