Background
Mikhail Pavlovich Kroshitsky was born on November 4, 1894 Sevastopol', Ukraine.
Mikhail Pavlovich Kroshitsky was born on November 4, 1894 Sevastopol', Ukraine.
Mikhail Pavlovich was the irregular student at the Academy of Arts (Saint Petersburg, 1914-1917, workroom of V.E. Makovsky). Since 1914, he was a participant of exhibition activity.
Mikhail Pavlovich was a participant of the revolutionary events of 1917 and the storming of the Winter Palace in Petrograd. He worked as a chairman of the Sevastopol Association of Artists. He was a Head of the art studio (1925-1930). At the same time he was a research member of the Sevastopol Art Gallery (1927-1929), then - deputy director of the Alupka Palace Museum (1929-1932).
Also Mikhail Pavlovich was an Art editor of the publishing house "Commune" in Voronezh (1932-1934). He was one of the founders and director of the Voronezh Regional Museum of Arts (1934-1939). He painted thematic pictures and landscapes. In 1939-1958, he was a director of the Sevastopol Art Gallery. He was the Head of its evacuation to Tomsk (1941-1943).
