Ivan Fomic Chruckij Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1810 - d. 1885

Ivan Fomich Khrutsky (1810-1885) was a Russian painter of Belarusian descent known by his still lifes and portraits.

He was born into a Greek-Catholic Belarusian family descended from the nobility of Leliwa coat of arms in the village of Ulla, Vitebsk Governorate (located in modern-day Belarus). In 1827 Khrutsky came to St. Petersburg and in 1830 entered the Imperial Academy of Arts.

His first known works are dated 1832. The paintings gradually gathered public and critical acclaim. Khrutsky also worked as an interior designer, and became a popular amongst the wealthy home owners. In 1836 he was awarded the Major Silver medal of the Academy for his still-lifes. Khrutsky also executed nice genre pictures and portraits. Old Woman Knitting a Sock, brought him the Minor Gold medal of the Academy. In 1839 he was awarded the title of the Academician.

After his father’s death in 1840 Khrutsky left St. Petersburg forever and settled in the family estate Zacharnicze (Zakharenichi, Zacharniczy), Polotsk region. This period was one of commissioned religious art, mostly from Lithuania. Besides religious paintings he also worked on portraits, such as I.I. Glazunov's, Joseph Semashko's, Mikolaj Malinowski's and others. He died in his estate in Zacharnicze in 1885.

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    • CHRUCKI JAN (1810 - 1885) CHRUCKI JAN (1810 - 1885) negentiende eeuws Pools olieverfschilderij op do
      Apr. 30, 2022

      CHRUCKI JAN (1810 - 1885) CHRUCKI JAN (1810 - 1885) negentiende eeuws Pools olieverfschilderij op do

      Est: €5,000 - €7,000

      CHRUCKI JAN (1810 - 1885) CHRUCKI JAN (1810 - 1885) negentiende eeuws Pools olieverfschilderij op doek : "Geanimeerd landschap met brug" - 36 x 45 toegeschreven aan 19th Cent. Polish oil on canvas - attributed to Jan Chrucki CHRUCKI JAN (1810 - 1885) negentiende eeuws Pools olieverfschilderij op doek : "Geanimeerd landschap met brug" - 36 x 45 toegeschreven aan||19th Cent. Polish oil on canvas - attributed to Jan Chrucki

      DVC
    • KHRUTSKY, IVAN (1810-1885) - Still Life with Fruit and Honeycomb
      Jun. 06, 2018

      KHRUTSKY, IVAN (1810-1885) - Still Life with Fruit and Honeycomb

      Est: £350,000 - £500,000

      KHRUTSKY, IVAN Still Life with Fruit and Honeycomb, signed and dated 1840. Oil on canvas, 80.5 by 111.5 cm. Provenance: Important private collection, Europe. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov. Authenticity has also been confirmed by the expert O. Allenova. The Still Life with Fruit and Honeycomb by Ivan Khrutsky that MacDougall's are now presenting for auction is one of the artist's best works in that genre. Produced at the height of the painter's fame, it gives a vivid illustration of the blossoming that the "fruit and flowers" genre enjoyed once again in Russia in the 1830s and 1840s -- a genre attuned to the outlook underlying the Biedermeier style so popular at that time in Germany. It comes as no surprise that in 1839 the council of the Imperial Academy of Arts conferred on Khrutsky the title of academician, since he was "renowned for his excellent works... particularly with regard to the painting of fruit and vegetables". In the meantime, his canvasses and the prints made from them were immensely popular among art lovers and connoisseurs. However, Khrutsky did not stop there. As he continued to improve his technique, he found in still life new and far-reaching possibilities. In the 1840s, he created a series of compositions, in which he combined a classical arrangement of fruit and vegetables with a landscape ( Still Life with Mushrooms, 1842, Kiev National Museum of Russian Art; Still Life. Fruit, 1850, Perm State Art Gallery). It is among these pictures, the most complex in concept and execution, that the painting now presented belongs. Khrutsky used a fairly large canvas and built up several levels of composition, transforming the tables laden with fruit into a kind of podium. The wonderful abundance of nature's bounty is skilfully arranged, as all the components of the composition are laid out in tiers, nearly taking up the whole pictorial space and moving right up close to the viewer. The lefthand side features an idyllic landscape, which elevates the overall space beyond its seemingly mundane content and expands the boundaries of still life. The details of the landscape, just like the wicker basket of apples in the foreground, can only be partly seen. This fragmentary portrayal evokes a sense of natural ease and freedom, which relieves the excessively formal structure of the composition. The actual fruit is gathered into a single compact group, with the central part thrust into the foreground. Khrutsky's contemporaries particularly valued the artist's still lifes for the closeness of his manner to the painting of the old masters. Khrutsky's art school, after all, had been the Imperial Hermitage, where he spent years copying the canvasses of the European masters, including Dutch, Flemish and French still lifes. Following their example, the artist nearly always includes in his compositions genteel signs of everyday life that hint at a human presence. Here we have a silver knife, apparently forgotten on the table, the wicker basket and a honeycomb oozing honey on a china plate. The author of an 1839 article on Academy painting writing about similar still lifes by Khrutsky, says that the fruit he painted "...leaps right out of the canvas and seems to have just been picked". In the still life presented here, the artist's splendid workmanship certainly attains perfection. The textural variation of the components is expertly played out: the heavy velvet of the drapes hanging down in the background is right next to the chunky stitching of an expensive silver tablecloth; the knobbly skin of a melon is placed alongside the glossy surface of cherries; and smooth, sleek apples and tender, downy peaches are beside the rough bast fibre of the basket. This contrast method is also used in the juxtaposition of large and small objects, and round and flat surfaces; but all this di

      MacDougall's
    • KHRUTSKY, IVAN (1810-1885) Portrait of Belorussian Landlady Potiralovskaia
      Jun. 07, 2017

      KHRUTSKY, IVAN (1810-1885) Portrait of Belorussian Landlady Potiralovskaia

      Est: £30,000 - £50,000

      KHRUTSKY, IVAN (1810-1885) Portrait of Belorussian Landlady Potiralovskaia, signed, inscribed “R.” and dated 1857. Oil on canvas, 70 by 59 cm. Provenance: Collection of the lawyer Alfredo Lazzarini, Rome (label on the reverse).

      MacDougall's
    • KHRUTSKI IVAN of CHRUZKI IWAN FOMICH of CHRUCKIJ IVAN FORMIC (1810 - 1885) 19° eeuws olieverfschilderij op paneel (geparqueteerd) : "Stilleven met kelk en bloemen" - 46 x 35 toegeschreven aan
      Nov. 26, 2016

      KHRUTSKI IVAN of CHRUZKI IWAN FOMICH of CHRUCKIJ IVAN FORMIC (1810 - 1885) 19° eeuws olieverfschilderij op paneel (geparqueteerd) : "Stilleven met kelk en bloemen" - 46 x 35 toegeschreven aan

      Est: €4,000 - €7,000

      19th Cent. Russian oil on panel - attributed to Iwan Chruzki

      DVC
    • Painting, Manner of Ivan Fomich Khrutsky
      Jun. 15, 2014

      Painting, Manner of Ivan Fomich Khrutsky

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      Manner of Ivan Fomich Khrutsky (Russian, 1810-1885), Fruit Still Life with Pitcher and Wine Glasses, bears signature lower right, canvas (unframed): 16.25"h x 20"w. Provenance: Acquired by present owner from Belvoir Fine Art

      Clars Auctions
    • KHRUTSKY, IVAN 1810-1885 Still Life with Candle
      Nov. 29, 2007

      KHRUTSKY, IVAN 1810-1885 Still Life with Candle

      Est: £200,000 - £300,000

      KHRUTSKY, IVAN 1810-1885 Still Life with Candle and Opera Glasses

      MacDougall's
    • Ivan Fomich Khrutsky, 1810-1885 , portrait of a young lady with flowers and fruit oil on canvas
      Sep. 18, 2007

      Ivan Fomich Khrutsky, 1810-1885 , portrait of a young lady with flowers and fruit oil on canvas

      Est: £150,000 - £300,000

      oil on canvas

      Sotheby's
    • "KHRUTSKY, IVAN" 1810-1885 Saint Catherine "signed, c1850." "Oil on board, 44 by 34cm. " Provenance: Private collection, Prague. Authenticity has
      May. 30, 2006

      "KHRUTSKY, IVAN" 1810-1885 Saint Catherine "signed, c1850." "Oil on board, 44 by 34cm. " Provenance: Private collection, Prague. Authenticity has

      Est: £100,000 - £150,000

      "KHRUTSKY, IVAN" 1810-1885 Saint Catherine "signed, c1850." "Oil on board, 44 by 34cm. " Provenance: Private collection, Prague. Authenticity has been confirmed by Vladimir Petrov." Literature: Ivan Chrutzki, Album Izobrazitelnoe Isskustvo, Moscow, 2000."

      MacDougall's
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