Mykola Murashko

[12] Illness prevented him from completing his course of study and he settled in Voronezh, but continued to send works to the Academy.

From 1875 to 1901, he operated his own drawing school in Kyiv which was supported by many well known artists; notably Ilya Repin, a friend from the Academy.

Among those who attended the school were Valentin Serov, Khariton Platonov, Ivan Seleznyov, Konstantin Kryzhitsky, Mykola Pymonenko and Sergey Kostenko [uk].

He also painted a few portraits and illustrated the first edition of Hans Christian Andersen's tales in the Imperial Russia.

In addition, he made numerous trips to Vienna, Paris, Rome and other notable art centers to study the latest teaching methods and wrote articles for a variety of local and national periodicals.