Born on the farmstead of Yendrikhovtsy, Grodno province in 1875. Died in Prushkov concentration camp, near Warsaw, in 1944.
Zhukovsky was a descendant of the Polish nobility. He studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture under V.D. Polenov, V.A. Serov and I.I. Levitan. After graduating from there, he joined the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions and the Union of Russian Artists. Zhukovsky was a successor of Levitan’s Russian lyrical landscape. In the middle of the 1900s, he fell under the influence of Impressionism, which helped him develop his style. Autumn was one of the artist’s favorite themes. His landscapes convey different moods - from the mild sadness of a cloudy gray day to the uplifting feeling of a bright and sunny golden autumn. Zhukovsky found his own theme of creative work—scenery and interiors of old country estates, the “nests of the gentry.” Zhukovsky’s paintings soon gained popularity. Art-lovers admired his talent, believing that he could paint even the wind. Zhukovsky taught at the Moscow school, and also at the 2-year art school he established himself. During 1919–1921, he lived in Vyatka, later returned to Moscow, and in 1923 he left for Poland. He died in a camp set up by the Nazis for those who took part in the Warsaw uprising.
