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Nikifor
Nikifor (21 May 1895, Krynica-Zdrój, Austria-Hungary - 10 October 1968, Folusz, Poland) (also known as Nikifor Krynicki and Epifaniusz Drowniak) was a Lemko folk and naïve painter. Nikifor painted over 40,000 pictures - on sheets of paper, pages of notebooks, cigarette cartons, and even on scraps of paper glued together. The topics of his art include self-portraits and panoramas of Krynica, with its spas and Orthodox and Catholic churches. Underestimated for most of his life, in his late days he became famous as a naïve painter.
Nikifor (given name)
Nikifor is a Slavic personal name derived from the Greek name Nikiforos, "Bringer of Victory".
- Belarusian: Nichypar, Nikifar
- Russian: Nikifor
- Ukrainian: Nychypir
The name may refer to:
- Nikifor, a Polish painter
- Nikifor Begichev, a Russian Arctic explorer
- Nikifor Grigoriev, a Ukrainian guerrilla fighter