Boris Rachkovskiy

The true essence of art lies in pure emotion — a form of universal dialogue that transcends time and space to touch the viewer’s soul directly.
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Born in 1959 in Lviv, Poland, into a family of intellectuals, Boris Rachkovskiy is an abstract painter whose artistic journey is marked by rare sincerity and striking emotional depth. Since 1986, his works have been presented in national and international exhibitions and auctions. Yet, for a long time, his modesty kept him from exhibiting more widely: for him, true art requires no publicity. It lives its own life — unpredictable, inward, and shared through the intimacy of emotion.

His work belongs to an aesthetic he himself defines as “emotionalism” — a movement in which art does not seek to represent reality but to translate the artist’s inner feelings. Here, the canvas becomes a passageway to the invisible, a space where emotion becomes language. Each painting draws us beyond the visible, toward a sensory future where the soul is invited to feel rather than to understand.

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His work was presented in Monaco in a group exhibition organized by Art Collect®, marking a new stage of recognition for the artist.

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Price range: 950,00 € through 1600,00 €
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According to Rachkovskiy, emotionalism transcends styles, movements, and trends. It requires neither explanation nor justification — it speaks directly to the heart. “Emotionalism is a way of understanding the world, a form of dialogue with the viewer,” he says. He paints as others write or walk — instinctively, without sketches, in the momentum of the present. Spontaneity is his driving force, intuition his guide.

His works, nourished by a quest for light, defy the boundaries of time — past, present, and future merge within them in a vibrant questioning. What remains of what once was? Where does what escapes go? The artist seeks to capture the ungraspable, to preserve the trace of what, without him, would be lost.

Art Collect Store - Boris Rachkovskiy
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For a long time, he distanced himself from exhibitions, finding their organization too energy-consuming. But his involvement with the Association of Free Artists (IFA) brought him back to the forefront. Since then, he has once again shared his vision — a painting without limits, without nationality, without dogma. For Boris, “everything you do not consider to be art will become art.”

He strives to express the mysteries of the world in a language accessible to all generations. Each painting — vibrant and luminous — reinvents a connection between humanity and beauty. In this pursuit of light and emotional truth, Boris Rachkovskiy stands today as one of the most distinctive and brilliant representatives of emotionalism in Europe.