Vladimir Donatovich Orlovsky (Russian: Владимир Донатович Орловский; Ukrainian: Володимир Донатович Орловський, romanized: Volodymyr Donatovych Orlovskyi; 1842 – 1914) was a Russian realist painter of Ukrainian origin and an academic of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts.

Orlovsky painted for Moscow and St. Petersburg aristocracies, and his art was even bought by the Emperor of Russia himself, Alexander III.

[2] In the talent of the young artist believe his art teacher of the second Kiev gymnasium, Ivan Soshenko, who earlier helped Taras Shevchenko.

[3] During Orlovsky's study at the Imperial Academy of Arts, his teacher was one of the most famous Russian landscape painters of 19th century Alexey Bogolyubov.

[5] Upon the conclusion of his studies in 1868, Orlovsky gained the recognition of his colleagues in the academic circles and the general public, earning the title of artist of the first degree.