Ivan Fomich Khrutsky was born into a family of Polish gentry in the village of Ulka, Vitebsk region. Little is known about his youth. In 1827, Khrutsky came to St. Petersburg and in 1830 entered the Academy of Arts. The first known works are dated 1832. The composition of the works is very simple, but the artist is very precise with details. Already in the late 1830s his compositions become more and more complicated.
1830s. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1830s. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1835. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1838. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus.
1839. Oil on canvas. The Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1839. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1839. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1839. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1843. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus.
1847. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1850s. Oil on canvas. Taganrog Art Gallery, Taganrog, Russia.
1854. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1854. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus.
1884. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Oil on canvas. The Perm Art Gallery, Perm, Russia.
De l’histoire du realisme dans la peinture russe. Moscow. 1982.