Oleksa Novakivskyi

Oleksa Kharlampiyovych Novakivskyi (Ukrainian: Оле́кса Харла́мпійович Новакі́вський; 14 March 1872, Obodivka, Trostianets Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast — 29 August 1935, Lviv) whose last name is also written as Novakivs´kyi[1] was a Ukrainian painter and art teacher; known largely as an Impressionist.

A local nobleman took note of his talent and provided the means for him to pursue an artistic education.

From 1888 to 1892, he studied in Odessa with the watercolorist and decorative painter, Filip Klimenko [ru].

Further support enabled him to transfer to the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, where he worked with Jan Matejko (until his death) then Leon Wyczółkowski, among others.

In 1972, the Oleksa Novakivskyi Memorial Art Museum [uk] was established in Lviv.