Artist Mikolay Davidovych and Counts Branicki

The aim of the research is to study available information about life and creative work of an artist (painter, graphic artist) Mikolay Davidovych, determining the place of his works in the collection of Counts Branicki of the Korczak Coat of Arms, determining possible ways of further search for materials for studying his creative work. Research methodology. Methods of art and historical analysis were used. Scientific novelty. In the paper the creative work of Polish artist Mikolay Davidovych coming from Ukraine (was born in Ustymivka village located in Kyiv region) is studied for the first time based on the materials found in the course of studies of the collection of Counts Branicki. Conclusions. Mikolay Davidovych, a painter and graphic artist, studied at Kraków Academy of Fine Arts (1884–1888), actively participated in exhibitions of the Society for the Encouragement of Artists of Kraków and Warsaw. The main genre in which the artist worked was portrait. He worked for prosperous aristocratic families (painting portraits of Counts Branicki of the Korczak Coat of Arms, princes Sanguszko). He worked in Kraków, Warsaw, Tarnów (Poland). Mikolay Davidovych spent a considerable part of his life and creative work in BilaTserkva (Ukraine). Currently works of Mikolay Davidovych are kept in the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów (Warsaw, Poland), Museum of Tarnów (Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland) and Bila Tserkva Country Studies Museum.