AMERICAN EURASIAN ART MUSEUM PRESENTS
POET OF NATURE
PART OF YURI YUROVSKY TRADITIONAL COLLECTION
Yuri Yurovsky was a distinguished art collector and a brilliant artist—an exceptional landscape painter and a true master of color. Renowned for his still lifes and celebrated as one of the finest colorists of his time, Yuri’s artistic destiny was deeply intertwined with nature—Mother Earth herself.
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, he worked prolifically from the 1930s through the 1990s, representing the older generation of Soviet artists from Kyiv in the twentieth century. He was also among those who moved in the creative orbit of Kazimir Malevich, with whom he shared both artistic ideals and personal connection.
Yurovsky possessed a profound sensitivity to the rhythm of tones and the quiet beauty of the natural world, which glowed through his canvases. A true poet of the landscape, he lived and worked alongside the great painters of his era, naturally drawn to music—a force that deeply resonated with his inner world.
For many years, he also collected original stage and costume designs from the worlds of ballet and opera. His vast and rare archive reveals the virtuosity of a brilliant constellation of theatrical artists—those who carried forward the traditions of Léon Bakst and Kazimir Malevich, while opening the door to a modernity that transcends time.
