Andrej Bicenko

Andrej Bicenko (October 17, 1886 ; December 16, 1973) also spelled Andrei Bicenko, Andrey Bitsenko (Russian: Андрей Васильевич Биценко) was a Russian Empire fresco painter.

Andrei Bicenko
Born
Andrei Vasilevich Bicenko

(1886-10-17)October 17, 1886
Kursk, Russia
Died(1973-12-16)December 16, 1973 (age, 98-99)
Cleveland, United States
NationalityRussian
EducationSankt Petersburg Academy
Known forPainting, Muralist
MovementNeo-Byzantine

Biography

Bicenko was born in Kursk, Russia Empire. There is no information about his early life and childhood. He was a graduate artist with a degree from Sankt Petersburg Academy. Also, he finished architecture and sculpture school in Moscow. On 1914, he was awarded in First prize in Kiev painting contest. After the Russian socialist revolution, he escaped to the island of Lemnos and a few months later to Yugoslavia. At first, he was living in Zrenjanin where he became a painting teacher in First Serbian gymnasium. Four years later he went to Belgrade. From 1924 to 1941 he was painting fresco paintings on many church walls in multiple places in Yugoslavia.

When the Communist regime took control in Yugoslavia, Bicenko fled to the United States. At first he was situated in Philadelphia, and then in Cleveland and New York City. He continued to paint frescos in many Orthodox Christian churches in the United States. Andrei Bicenko died in 1985 in Cleveland.[1]

Interred at the Russian Orthodox cemetery at the Novo-Diveevo Cemetery in Nanuet, New York..

Notable works

Portraits, fresco paintings and murals make up the majority of Bicenko's works. The most important period in his artistic career was from 1924 to 1941 in Serbia. Of particular note are his frescos in:

  • Ružica Church in Belgrade
  • Church of the Nativity of The Most Holy Theotokos, Novaci
  • Vaznesenska Church in Belgrade

References

  1. David Dirck Van Tassel, John J. Grabowsk, The Encyclopedia of Cleveland history, Case Western Reserve University, 1987, p. 586-587
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