Andrej Bicenko

Infobox Artist
name = Andrei Bicenko
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birthname =Andrei Vasilevich Bicenko
birthdate = birth date|mf=yes|1886|10|17|mf=y
location = Kursk, Russia
deathdate = 1985
deathplace = Cleveland, USA
nationality = Russian
field = Painting, Muralist
training = Sankt Petersburg Academy
movement = Neo-Byzantine
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Andrej Bicenko (1886-1985) also spelled Andrei Bicenko, Andrey Bitsenko (Russian Cyrillic:Андрей Василевич Биценко) was a Russian fresco painter.

Biography

Bicenko was born in Kursk, Russia on October 17, 1886. 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 Kyev painting contest. After the Russian socialist revolution, he escaped to the island of Lemnos and a few months later to Serbia. At first, he was living in Zrenjanin where he was become 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 Belgrade and Serbia.When the Communist regime took control in Serbia, Bicenko fled to the United States. At first he was situated in Philadelphia, and then in Cleveland and New York. Although, Bicenko was continued to paint frescos in many orthodox christian churches in the United States. Andrei Bicenko died in 1985 in Cleveland.

Notable works

Portraits, fresco paintings and murals make up the majority of Bicenko's works. The most important period in his artist career was from 1924 to 1941 in Serbia. Especially these works are:

Fresco paintings

*Ružica Church in Belgrade
*Church of Nativity of The Most Holy Theotokos in Novaci, Serbia
*Vaznesenska church in Belgrade

ee also

*Ružica Church
*Church of Nativity of The Most Holy Theotokos in Novaci, Serbia
*Novaci (Ub)