The artwork of St. Luke as a source of his biography research
It is a known fact that St. Luke (Valentin Feliksovich Voyno-Yasenetskiy) in his youth looked forward to becoming an artist. While being a Kiev gymnasium student, he studied at the art school of the famous painting teacher N. M. Murashko, opened in 1876. In his studies V. F. Voyno-Yasenetskiy was interested not as much in technical virtuosity with which he was naturally gifted, but in the work of spirit, the search for truth, the meaning of life. Later in life the future surgeon and archpastor gave up his intentions of being an artist and entered the medical department of St. Vladimir Kiev University. However, he didn’t abandon his artwork. “From a failed artist, I became an artist in anatomy and surgery” - St. Luke recalled in his autobiography. The article tells about art in St. Luke’s life, his drawings are also given.