Receiving more and more orders for printing reproductions of world works, we asked ourselves: “what famous paintings were painted by our compatriots?”. You will be surprised by the results - about some paintings, you definitely did not know!
It so happened that the work of contemporary Ukrainian artists is better known in Europe and America, and in home country their works are recognized only by rare connoisseurs of painting. We decided that our heroes, if not to know by sight, then at least to know their most notable works admired all over the world. Since we cannot objectively judge the beauty of the paintings and the skill of the author, we will evaluate contemporary artists by their popularity, financial success and the scale of their exhibitions around the world.
We picked 10 best, in our opinion, paintings by Ukrainian artists, whose work you may not have heard or did not know about their origin. In this article we will talk about contemporary masters whose works are sold for tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips auctions.
Aivazovsky "The Ninth Wave" . This is one of his most famous works, and he himself is one of the most famous marine painters not only in our country, but all over the world, and we want to start our list with him.
. “A talented person is talented in everything” - this can be absolutely rightly said about the most famous Ukrainian in the whole world. A poet and writer - he was also an excellent painter and the painting "Katerina" is a confirmation of this. The work illustrates one of the scenes poem of the same name, fully conveying the feelings and experiences of Shevchenko.
Yes - yes, Repin ... For reference: the artist was born in small town Chuguev (Kharkiv province), knew the history of Ukraine to a sufficient extent, and when creating his famous work, as he himself said, he was in a "creative binge". According to the recollections of his relatives, while working on the picture, the whole family lived only with the Cossacks: the children knew all the heroes of the stories about the Cossacks, they could recite the lines from “Taras Bulba” and the text from the letter of the Cossacks to the Sultan by heart.
The most famous and expensive Ukrainian artist modernity, whose work in 2013 went under the hammer of the Phillips auction for a record for Ukrainian painting $186,200.
To date, Krivolap continues to hold the position of the most "expensive" contemporary artist in Ukraine.
One of the founders of Ukrainian postmodernism glorified our country with his talented works on art exhibitions all over the world, his work takes pride of place in the Museum of Modern Art (New York). Goodbye Caravaggio sold for $97,179 in 2009.
His outrageous installations and projects brought him fame all over the world, his most popular and recognizable works are associated with the representation of famous people in the form of monkeys. The painting "It" brought him not only popularity, but also not a small profit - in 2008 it was sold for $70,000.
Master of "paintings with double meaning"continues to amaze with its artistic puzzles and optical illusions. The author's works were presented at many exhibitions of contemporary art in Europe and America. And to be honest, it was difficult for us to single out one picture - they are simply mesmerizing!
The author continues to live and work in Kiev, and for more than 20 years his paintings have been exhibited in Poland, Russia, France, Germany, Finland and other European cities, presented in the collections of museums in Ukraine and in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna). His unusual work laconically signed, but clearly reveal the talent of the master. “Work No. 5” is perhaps the most famous painting, but we advise you to review other equally profound works of the artist.
The top lot of Sotheby's Contemporary East in 2014 became the most expensive Ukrainian painting at auction and went under the hammer for $31,400.
The modern Ukrainian artist is a key figure in the Ukrainian New Wave, he attracted the attention of the world community with his project "Ukrainian Money". "Coloring" went under the hammer at Phillips auction for 53.9 thousand dollars. The subtle connoisseur of contemporary art wished to remain anonymous.
Our Top 10 are famous works that are worth a fortune, are in private collections and reputable art galleries, but thanks to modern printing capabilities, reproductions of masterpieces become available to everyone. In our catalogs you will find these images for printing on canvas, which were painted by modern Ukrainian artists. Discover the beauty of the work of our famous compatriots.
"Ukrainian landscape".
1849.
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine, Union Soviet socialist republic located in the southwest of the European part of the USSR. The area is 601 thousand square kilometers. The population is over 44 million people (1963), including 50% urban. 76.8% of Ukrainians, there are also Russians, Jews, Poles, Belarusians, etc.; 362 cities and 826 urban-type settlements (as of January 1, 1964). The capital is Kyiv.
The most important rivers: the Dnieper, the Southern Bug, the Dniester, the Northern Donets, the Prut, the mouth of the Danube. Minerals: coal (Donbass, Dvovsko-Volynskyi basin), brown coal (Dnieper basin), rock salt (Donbass), iron ore (Krivoy Rog, Kerch), manganese (Nikopol), peat (in Polesye districts), oil ( foothills of the Carpathians, Poltava region, etc.), combustible gases, building materials, etc.
The oldest finds of human culture on the territory of modern Ukraine belong to the Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age (Trypillia culture). In the 4th-6th centuries, in the interfluve of the Dnieper and Dniester, an alliance of East Slavic tribes, the Ants, arose, whose main occupation was agriculture. Since the 9th century, the territory of modern Ukraine was part of the feudal state - Kievan Rus. By this time, the territory of Ukraine was inhabited by Eastern Slavic tribes: Polans, Buzhans, Tivertsy, Drevlyans, Northerners, etc. Economy and culture ancient Russian state in the 9th-12th centuries reached a significant level. Old Russian nationality was the single root of three fraternal peoples: Great Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian. In the 13th century, the lands of Southwestern Rus' were conquered by the Mongols. The formation of the Ukrainian nationality took place in the 14th-15th centuries. Having begun the seizure of Ukrainian lands in the 14th century, the Polish gentry after the Union of Lublin in 1569 established heavy feudal oppression over the Ukrainian people. The Ukrainian people waged a hard struggle against aggression Crimean Tatars and Sultan's Turkey. The Zaporozhian Sich played an important role in the liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people. The people's liberation war of 1648-54 led by Bogdan Khmelnytsky against the oppression of the Polish feudal lords ended with the reunification of Ukraine with Russia (Pereyaslav Rada 1654). Poland held until the end of the 18th century the Right-Bank Ukraine and Western Ukraine, part of the latter then came under the rule of Austria. Left-bank, as well as Sloboda Ukraine, were part of the Russian state. Transcarpathian Ukraine was under the yoke of Hungary. The invasion of Charles XII in 1708-09 caused in Ukraine people's war against the Swedish invaders and the hetman-traitor Mazepa. After a number of restrictions, the tsarist government in the 2nd half of the 18th century liquidated the autonomy of Ukraine and the Cossack organization - the New Sich. Cossack foreman received Russian nobility. In March 1821, the Southern Society of Decembrists was organized in Tulchin, headed by P. I. Pestel. In December 1825 there was an uprising of the Chernigov regiment. In December 1845 - January 1846, a secret political organization arose in Kyiv - the Cyril and Methodius Society, the revolutionary-democratic direction of which was headed by T. G. Shevchenko. In 1847 the tsarist government brutally cracked down on revolutionary-minded members of society. In 1861 a peasant reform was carried out in the Ukraine, which accelerated the development of capitalism. A rapid growth of industry began, especially coal in the Donbass and iron ore in Krivoy Rog. The development of the revolutionary democratic and labor movement in Ukraine in the 19th and 20th centuries was part of the all-Russian revolutionary movement. In 1875 the South Russian Union of Workers was organized in Odessa. In the 1980s and 1990s, Marxist circles appeared in Kyiv and Kharkov. At the beginning of the 20th century, social democratic organizations arose. Mass peasant movement 1902 and the political strikes of 1903 in Ukraine played important role in the preparation of the revolution of 1905-07, during which mass revolutionary actions of Ukrainian workers and peasants took place. During the years of World War I (1914-18), hostilities took place on the western outskirts of Ukraine.
The Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917 liberated the Ukrainian people from social and national bourgeois-landlord oppression. The 1st All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets [Kharkov December 11 (24), 1917] elected the first Soviet government of Ukraine, which led the struggle against the bourgeois-nationalist counter-revolutionary Ukrainian Central Rada, expelled from Kiev in January 1818. By February 1918, Soviet power had won almost the entire territory of Ukraine . During the years of foreign military intervention and civil war (1918-20), the Ukrainian people waged a patriotic war of liberation against German occupiers, Anglo-French interventionists and their proteges in the person of Hetman Skoropadsky, the counter-revolutionary Directory, Denikin, Wrangel, the Polish invaders. With the help of the working people of Russia, the enemy was expelled from Ukraine. In December 1920, a military-economic treaty was concluded between the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR. With the formation of the USSR on December 30, 1922, the Ukrainian SSR became part of it. During the years of the pre-war five-year plans, a powerful industry was created in the Ukraine and the collective-farm system was established. In November 1939, Western Ukraine, which had previously been under Polish rule, reunited with the Ukrainian SSR. In August 1940, part of the territory of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, which had seceded from Romania, were reunited with the Ukrainian SSR. During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, the Ukrainian SSR was occupied by the Nazi invaders, who established a regime of the most severe terror. The invaders caused enormous damage to the population and the national economy of the Ukrainian SSR. Together with other peoples of the USSR, Ukrainians fought heroically in the ranks Soviet army, in partisan detachments. By mid-October 1944, the entire territory of the Ukrainian SSR was liberated from the Nazi occupiers. On June 29, under an agreement between the USSR and Czechoslovakia, Transcarpathian Ukraine was reunited with the Ukrainian SSR. Thus, all Ukrainian lands were reunited into a single Ukrainian soviet state. In 1954, the Soviet people solemnly celebrated the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia. In February 1954 The Supreme Council The USSR adopted a resolution on the transfer of the Crimean region from the RSFSR to the Ukrainian SSR. In commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia and for the outstanding successes of the Ukrainian people in the state, economic and cultural construction of the Ukrainian SSR, she was awarded the Order of Lenin (May 22, 1954). For major successes in increasing the production of agricultural products on November 5, 1958, Ukraine was awarded the second Order of Lenin.
In terms of economic importance, Ukraine occupies the 2nd (after the RSFSR) place in the USSR.
Encyclopedic Dictionary. " Soviet Encyclopedia". 1964
Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov.
"Ukrainian landscape".
1860s
Before Tatar invasion neither Great, nor Little, nor White Russia existed. Neither written sources nor folk memory preserved any mention of them. The expressions "Little" and "Great" Rus' begin to appear only in the XIV century, but they have neither ethnographic nor national significance. They originate not on Russian territory, but outside it, and for a long time they were unknown to the people. They arose in Constantinople, from where the Russian church was ruled, subordinate to the Patriarch of Constantinople. Until the Tatars destroyed the Kievan state, its entire territory was listed in Constantinople under the word "Rus" or "Russia". The metropolitans appointed from there were called metropolitans of "All Rus'" and had Kyiv, the capital of the Russian state, as their residence. This went on for three and a half centuries. But the state ruined by the Tatars began to become easy prey for foreign sovereigns. Piece by piece, Russian territory fell into the hands of the Poles and Lithuanians. Galicia was captured first. Then the practice was established in Constantinople to call this Russian territory that had fallen under Polish rule Little Russia or Little Russia. When, following the Poles, the Lithuanian princes began to take one after another the lands of Southwestern Rus', these lands in Constantinople, like Galicia, received the name Little Rus'. This term, so disliked by Ukrainian separatists these days, who attribute its origin to the “Katsaps”, was composed not by Russians, but by Greeks and was not generated by the life of the country, not by the state, but by the church. But in political terms, it began to be used for the first time not in Moscow, but in Ukrainian borders.
Nikolay Ulyanov. Russian and Great Russian. "Miracles and Adventures" No. 7 2005.
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi.
"Ukrainian night".
1876.
By the time Mazepa was elected hetman, Left-Bank Ukraine had the following administrative-territorial division and internal administration. It was divided into ten regiments: Gadyachsky, Kyiv, Lubensky, Mirgorodsky, Nezhinsky, Pereyaslavsky, Poltava, Priluksky, Starodubsky, Chernigovsky. These administrative-territorial formations, in turn, were divided into hundreds (up to about 20 in each regiment), hundreds were divided into kurens, and the latter united several villages.
Ukraine was governed by a hetman, whose election was confirmed by a royal charter. In his hands was concentrated not only administrative and military power, but also the highest judicial: without his sanction the death penalty did not take place. Under the hetman, there was a general sergeant-major, consisting of a general baggage officer, who was in charge of all the artillery, a general judge, who was in charge of the general court, a general clerk, who was in charge of financial affairs, a general clerk, who was in charge of the chancellery, two general captains-inspectors of the army and adjutants of the hetman; approximately the same functions were endowed with the general cornet and the general bunchuk. The general foreman also made up the outer layer of the feudal class - for example, Mazepa owned 100 thousand peasants in Ukraine and 20 thousand in neighboring counties of Russia.
B. Litvak. "Hetman-villain".
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi.
"Evening in Ukraine".
1878.
The morning was sunny. The first snow fell during the night. Winter has come and, as often happens in Ukraine, suddenly in the spring a breeze blew through the winter. In the shade - frost, and melts in the sun. Sparrows chirp, doves coo on the sunny eels of golden church domes. In the orchards, cherries and apple trees, covered with hoarfrost, stand white as in spring blossoms. And under the snow, the white walls of the Cossack huts seem dark, and even dirtier - the dirty houses of the Jews. (Notes by S. I. Muravyov-Apostol).
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi.
"Ukraine".
1879.
While passing through Vinnitsa, he noticed that Ukrainian children never wear glasses, and their teeth do not need the services of dentists, and this made the Fuhrer very strong impression. To Martin Bormann, he pointed out:
Take care of this matter... for the sake of the future of the German nation! tall and blond children with blue eyes should be taken from their parents in order to educate them in the Nazi spirit.
The helpful Bormann, agreeing with Hitler, immediately came up with a theory that the Ukrainians are an offshoot of Aryan tribes related to the ancient Germans. Heinrich Himmler's headquarters these days was located near Zhitomir, Himmler's armored car daily ran between Vinnitsa and Zhitomir, Hitler did not forget to remind the Reichsfuehrer SS:
Heinrich, it's time to think about the selective selection of Slavic children to replenish the reserves of manpower of our Reich, because the Ukrainians outwardly represent an excellent eugenic material...
Valentin Pikul. "Square of the Fallen Fighters".
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi.
"The head of a peasant - a Ukrainian in a straw hat."
1890-1895.
Ukrainians (self-name), people in the USSR. Number of 42 347 thousand people, the main population of the Ukrainian SSR (36 489 thousand people). They also live in other union republics, including the RSFSR (3658 thousand people), the Kazakh SSR (898 thousand people), the Moldavian SSR (561 thousand people), the BSSR (231 thousand people), the Kirghiz SSR (109 thousand people), the Uzbek SSR (114 thousand people). Outside the USSR, they live in Poland (300 thousand people), Czechoslovakia (47 thousand people), Romania (55 thousand people), Yugoslavia (36 thousand people), as well as in Canada (530 thousand people), the USA (500 thousand people), Argentina (100 thousand people), Brazil (50 thousand people), Australia (20 thousand people), Paraguay (10 thousand people), Uruguay (5 thousand people). The total number of 45.15 million people.
They speak Ukrainian. Writing since the 14th century based on the Cyrillic alphabet. Russian is also widespread, Western Ukraine Polish languages. Believing Ukrainians are mostly Orthodox, some are Catholics. Ukrainians, together with closely related Russians and Belarusians, belong to Eastern Slavs. In Polissya, sub-ethnic groups of Litvins and Poleshchuks are distinguished, and in the Carpathians - Hutsuls, Boykos, Lemkos.
The formation of the Ukrainian nationality took place on the basis of a part of the East Slavic population, which was previously part of a single ancient Russian state (9-12 centuries).
In the 16th century, the Ukrainian (so-called Old Ukrainian) book language was formed. On the basis of the Middle Dnieper dialects at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, the modern Ukrainian (New Ukrainian) literary language was formed.
The name "Ukraine" was used to refer to various southern and southwestern parts of the Old Russian lands in the meaning of "land" as early as the 12th-13th centuries. Subsequently (by the 18th century), this term in the meaning of "krajina", that is, the country, was fixed in official documents, became widespread among the masses and became the basis for the ethnonym of the Ukrainian people.
Along with the ethnonyms that were originally used in relation to their southeastern group - "Ukrainians", "Cossacks", "Cossack people", in the 15-17 centuries (in Western Ukraine until the 19th century) the self-name "Ruska" (" Russians"). In the 16th and 17th centuries, Ukrainians were often called "Cherkasy" in official documents of Russia, later, in pre-revolutionary times, they were mainly called "Little Russians", "Little Russians" or "South Russians".
Food varied greatly among different segments of the population. The basis of nutrition was vegetable and flour foods (borscht, dumplings, various yushki), cereals (especially millet and buckwheat); dumplings, donuts with garlic, lemishka, noodles, jelly, etc. Fish, including salted fish, occupied a significant place in the food. Meat food was available to the peasantry only on holidays. The most popular were pork and lard. From flour with the addition of poppy seeds and honey, numerous poppy seeds, cakes, knyshes, and bagels were baked. Such drinks as uzvar, varenukha, sirivets were widespread. As ritual dishes, porridges were the most common - kutya and kolyvo with honey.
Like Russians and Belarusians, in public life the Ukrainian village until the end of the 19th century, despite the development of capitalism, remnants of serfdom and patriarchal relations remained, a significant place was occupied neighborhood community- community. Many traditional collective forms of labor were characteristic (cleaning, spousing - similar to Russian helpers and "paruboch hulks" - associations of unmarried guys) and recreation (evenings and dosvitki, New Year's carols and schedrovkas, etc.).
"Peoples of the World". Moscow, "Soviet Encyclopedia". 1988
Vasily Shternberg.
"Fair in Ukraine".
We were going to read a little on the plane, but fell asleep instantly. And when we woke up, the plane was already flying over the fields of Ukraine, as fertile and flat as our Midwest. Beneath us lay the endless fields of the gigantic granary of Europe, the promised land, turning yellow with wheat and rye, harvested here and there. There was no mound or elevation anywhere. The field stretched all the way to the horizon, flat, rounded. Rivers and streams meandered and meandered along the valley.
Near the villages where the battles took place, trenches, ditches and cracks zigzagged. Some houses stood without roofs, in some places black patches of burnt houses could be seen.
There seemed to be no end to this plain. But, finally, we flew up to the Dnieper and saw Kyiv, which stood above the river on a hill, the only hill for many kilometers around. We flew over the ruined city and landed in the vicinity.
Everyone assured us that outside of Moscow everything would be completely different, that there was no such severity and tension. And indeed. Right on the airfield, we were met by Ukrainians from the local VOKS. They smiled all the time. They were more cheerful and calmer than the people we met in Moscow. And there was more openness and cordiality. The men are almost all large blonds with gray eyes. A car was waiting for us to take us to Kyiv.
"Ukrainian".
1883.
Poltava Regional Art Museum. Nikolay Yaroshenko, Poltava.
The collective farm "Shevchenko-1" was never among the best, because the land was not the best, but before the war it was a quite prosperous village with three hundred and sixty-two houses, where 362 families lived. All in all, they were doing well.
After the Germans, eight houses remained in the village, and even these had their roofs burned. People were scattered, many of them died, the men went as partisans into the forests, and God only knows how children took care of themselves.
But after the war, the people returned to the village. New houses grew, and since it was harvest time, houses were built before work and after, even at night by the light of lanterns. To build their little houses, men and women worked together. Everyone built the same way: first one room and lived in it until another was built. It is very cold in Ukraine in winter, and houses are built in this way: the walls are made up of hewn logs fixed at the corners. A shingle is nailed to the logs, and a thick layer of plaster is applied to it to protect it from frost from the inside and outside.
In the house there is a canopy that serves as a pantry and a hallway at the same time. From here you get into the kitchen, a plastered and whitewashed room with a brick stove and a cooking hearth. The hearth itself is four feet from the floor, and bread is baked here, smooth dark loaves of delicious Ukrainian bread.
Behind the kitchen is a common room with a dining table and decorations on the walls. This is a living room with paper flowers, icons and photographs of the dead. And on the walls are medals of soldiers from this family. The walls are white, and the windows have shutters that, if closed, will also protect against the winter frost.
From this room you can get into the bedroom - one or two, depending on the size of the family. Due to difficulties with bed linen the beds were not covered with anything: rugs, sheepskins, anything to keep warm. Ukrainians are very clean, and their houses are perfectly clean.
We were always convinced that on collective farms people live in barracks. It is not true. Each family has its own house, garden, flower garden, large garden and apiary. The area of such a plot is about an acre. As the Germans cut down all the fruit trees, young apple, pear and cherry trees were planted.
John Steinbeck. "Russian diary".
"Ukrainian girl".
1879.
Kyiv National Museum Russian art, Kyiv.
It is necessary to tell about breakfast in detail, since I have not yet seen anything like it in the world. To begin with, a glass of vodka, then each was served four scrambled eggs, two huge fried fish, and three glasses of milk each; after that a dish of pickles, and a glass of homemade cherry brandy, and black bread and butter; then a full cup of honey with two glasses of milk, and finally another glass of vodka. Of course, it sounds incredible that we ate all this for breakfast, but we really ate it, everything was very tasty, although then our stomachs were full and we did not feel very well.
John Steinbeck. "Russian diary".
Vladimir Orlovsky.
"View of Ukraine".
1883.
The colonel himself is from Kyiv, and he has light blue eyes, like most Ukrainians. He was fifty, and his son was killed near Leningrad.
John Steinbeck. "Russian diary".
Vladimir Orlovsky.
"Ukrainian landscape".
Holy Rus'... Often we pronounce this familiar phrase as something taken for granted, without thinking - why, in fact? Have you ever heard about, say, the saints of Kazakhstan, Estonia, America, France, Iraq, China, Madagascar, Australia?.. You can continue this series indefinitely without finding a convincing explanation for the mysterious phenomenon. Agree, it would never occur to us to doubt the deeply organic connection between the two short words, their enduring, some kind of tectonic inviolability.
Just as, having become witnesses of something that was done, in our opinion, not in a human way, we habitually lament: somehow not in Russian This. Agree, it would never occur to us to say something similar, that it is, they say, somehow not in Kyrgyz, not in Latvian, not in Uruguayan ... In one audience I recently received a curious note: “To the piggy bank of your examples of Russianness. In Ukraine they speak (in imperative mood): "I tell you in Russian language ..."».
Vladimir Irzabekov. "Secrets of the Russian word".
Ilya Efimovich Repin.
"Ukrainian peasant".
1880.
Ukrainian got into a shipwreck. Lived for two years on a desert island. Suddenly a boat pulls up, in it is a beautiful woman.
Man, come here! I'll give you what you wanted for two years.
Ukrainian rushes into the water, swims to her.
Vareniki! Vareniki!
Yury Nikulin. "Jokes from Nikulin".
Ilya Efimovich Repin.
"Two Ukrainian peasants".
1880.
I spoke with completely benevolent Kievans, who, by the way, would still like to live with us in the same state, but, nevertheless, they believe that they are “Ukrainians”, because it is not the first generation that is engaged in Ukrainianization. They believe that Ukrainians are a different people, but still, in one state, we would be very happy. Quite such friendly people of Kiev. I told them that: do not be offended by me, but what kind of people are you? Look here. I can speak Move a little clumsily, but I will not read and perceive by ear clumsily, but that's all. So, if I move to Kyiv and live there for five years, then they will no longer distinguish me, and if you live five years in Moscow, then they will no longer distinguish you in Moscow. But the Siberian will be visible in Moscow in ten years: he has more features, more differences than a Muscovite with a Kievan. This is an example from my private conversation, not a scientific debate. And they couldn't answer me. We are really similar. In a conversation, everyone can speak their own language so as not to break, not to make the other laugh. I can talk to a Galician. I had a long controversy in 1991 with the Galicians on the street of Lvov, there was no bloodshed. Moreover, they did not just speak Ukrainian, they spoke a very peculiar Galician dialect. But I understood everything, and I myself spoke as always, like a Muscovite. And everything was fine, we understood each other. And you can't talk like that with a Pole.
Vladimir Makhnach. "What is a people (ethnos, nation)." Moscow, 2006.
Ilya Efimovich Repin.
"Ukrainian house".
1880.
Ukrainians began to live in grand style
Scientists of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design conducted anthropometric studies among the inhabitants of Ukraine. Their goal is quite pragmatic: to determine the direction light industry countries for the coming years, find out what sizes of clothes and shoes will become the most popular. For the last quarter of a century, such a survey was carried out for the first time.
Experts came to the conclusion that the population of Ukraine has grown by 8-10 cm, and the inhabitants of the northern part of the country have grown more than the "southerners". On average, the size of running shoes increased by two numbers for both men and women. At the same time, the Ukrainians grew fat and hunched over. Flat feet, caused by a sedentary lifestyle, as well as changing social conditions, have noticeably spread.
"Miracles and Adventures" No. 3 2005.
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky.
"Evening in Ukraine".
1901.
"Moonlight Night in Ukraine".
Painting from the estate of A. N. Kuropatkin Sheshurino.
Nikolay Efimovich Rachkov.
"Ukrainian girl".
Second half of the 19th century.
Nikolai Pimonenko.
"Ukrainian night".
1905.
Nikolai Pimonenko.
"Harvest in Ukraine".
"Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians".
Engravings of the 19th century.
Successively survived the stages of baroque, rococo and classicism. This influence is already evident in two portraits in 1652 of the children of B. Khmelnitsky, Timofey and Rozanda. At the same time, the style of early Ukrainian painting is very diverse and unequal in terms of craftsmanship.
Ukrainian culture of the second half of the 17th and early 18th centuries
Most of the ceremonial portraits (parsun) of Cossack colonels that survived were painted by local Cossack craftsmen, who, however, were able to convey the mood and character of the depicted elders. Pavel Alepsky wrote about the realistic skill of the Cossack painters in the middle of the 17th century.
Unfortunately, only a small proportion of the paintings created by Ukrainian artists of the 18th century have survived to this day. In the second half of the 17th century. Schools of icon painters are already being created. The most famous examples are the murals of the Assumption Cathedral and the Trinity Gate Church in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, which have a soft, pastel form of writing. Sensuality, rounded smoothness of lines set the audience in a somewhat melancholy mood, trying to maintain a cheerful worldview. At the same time, dramatic plots, such as "The Expulsion of the Merchants from the Temple", and especially the scenes of passions, are executed with the transfer of the militant tension corresponding to the troubled era. The figures depicted in the frescoes breathed bodily and mental health, their movements lost all constraint and, on the whole, emphasized the loftiness of the mood.
The images created by the Kiev-Pechersk art workshop became a canon, a role model in all other parts of Ukraine.
temple painting
At that time, the so-called ktitor portrait became a characteristic component of temple painting. The founders, donors and guardians of a particular church, as well as the current ones (the heads of the parish council) were called ktitors (in the popular language - the headman). There were a lot of such guardians in Kyiv churches during their history. In the altar part of the Assumption Church of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, before it was blown up in 1941, 85 historical figures were depicted - from the princes of Kievan Rus to Peter I (it is clear that this is far from all). The senior church hierarchs are depicted as unshakable, but the closer to that period was historical figure, the more alive the portraits became, the more expression and individuality reflected in the faces.
In the Baroque era, church iconostases received extraordinary splendor, in which the icons were arranged in four or even five rows. The most famous of the surviving Baroque iconostases of this kind are those from the churches of the Holy Spirit in Rohatyn, in Galicia (mid-17th century) and the tomb church of Hetman D. Apostol in Bolshie Sorochintsy (first half of the 18th century). The pinnacle of easel icon painting of the 17th century. there is the Bogorodchansky (Manyavsky) iconostasis, which was completed during 1698-1705. master Iov Kondzelevich. Traditional biblical scenes are reproduced here in a new way. Live real people are depicted, full of dynamics, even dressed in local costumes.
Quite early in icon painting, elements of the Rococo style enter, which is associated with the active use by the students of the Lavra art workshop as samples of drawings, the parents of the French Rococo, Watteau and Boucher, presented in student album collections. Rococo brings great lightness and gallantry to portraits, adds characteristic small parts, there is a fashion for the performance of female parsunas.
The development of classicism in art in the second half of the 17th century
In the second half of the 17th century, copper engraving developed. The development of engraving took place in close connection with the release of student theses, the needs of book printing, as well as orders for panegyrics. At the same time, among the works of the Tarasevich brothers and their later colleagues, one can find not only luxurious allegorical compositions of a secular and religious nature, but also realistic engraving sketches of landscapes, seasons and agricultural work. In 1753, Empress Elizabeth issued a decree: three Ukrainian children from the court chapel, who had lost their voice, should be sent to art science. These guys were future famous Ukrainian artists Kirill Golovachevsky, Ivan Sabluchok and Anton Losenko. Each of them made a significant contribution to the development of classic art.
Art education in Ukraine in the second half of the 19th - early 20th century
Professional artistic and creative training of Ukrainian masters in the 19th century took place at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts and at European higher art institutions popular at that time, where the main emphasis was placed on academicism and classicism. Under the conditions of the development of aesthetics, this had the opportunity to create resistance artistic development Ukraine, to create an abyss between folk and "lordly" art.
The best art paintings of Ukrainian artists of the 19th century are represented by people with academic education, and this is primarily T. Shevchenko, and then with him Napoleon Buyalsky, Nikolai and Alexander Muravyov, Ilya Repin and others, who sought to create a national school of art. Kyiv was the center of development of cultural and artistic life. After that, the permanent formation of art schools began. The Kiev School of Drawing became one of the first art institutions and played an important role in the development of fine arts in Ukraine. I. Levitan, M. Vrubel, V. Serov, K. Krizhitsky, S. Yaremich and others studied here at different times. famous artists: G. Dyadchenko, A. Murashko, S. Kostenko, I. Izhakevich, G. Svetlitsky, A. Moravov.
The art school provided thorough training for the creation of paintings. A museum was even founded at the institution, where various sketches and drawings by Repin, Kramskoy, Shishkin, Perov, Aivazovsky, Myasoedov, Savitsky, Orlovsky, etc. “from easy to more complex”, providing an individual approach, an organic combination of special and general education, that is, focusing on the development of a comprehensive art education.
Professor P. Pavlov, the famous Russian geographer P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, as well as local art collectors V. Tarnovsky and I. Tereshchenko helped organize the school of M. Murashko. M. Vrubel, I. Seleznev, V. Fabritsius, I. Kostenko and others were experienced teachers of the school at different times. education. The students of the Academy of Art were the future famous Ukrainian artists P. Volokidin, P. Alyoshin, M. Verbitsky, V. Zabolotnaya, V. Rykov, F. Krichevsky, K. Trofimenko, A. Shovkunenko and others. Art education in Ukraine in the second half of the 19th th - the beginning of the 20th century. represented by schools that were concentrated in Odessa, Kyiv and Kharkov.
Art of Ukraine of the late 19th - early 20th centuries
A particularly prominent place in Ukrainian art belongs to T. Shevchenko, who graduated in 1844 and was a student of Karl Bryullov himself, the author famous painting"The last day of Pompeii". T. Shevchenko created a number of paintings from the life of the peasantry (“Gypsy fortune teller”, “Katerina”, “ Peasant family" etc.). The poetic and artistic heritage of T. Shevchenko had a huge impact on the development of Ukrainian culture and, in particular, fine arts. It determined its democratic orientation, which was clearly reflected in the work of graduates of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts L. Zhemchuzhnikov and K. Trutovsky. Konstantin Trutovsky is also known for his illustrations for the works of N. Gogol, T. Shevchenko, Marko Vovchok, he also captured the biography of the Ukrainian artist T. Shevchenko.
In the future, progressive masters shared the ideas of the “Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions” created in 1870 and its leaders: I. Kramskoy, V. Surikov, I. Repin, V. Perov. Following the example of the Russian "Wanderers", Ukrainian artists sought to use in their work a realistic artistic language that the people understand, and to show their paintings to residents of different cities. In particular, the “Society of South Russian Artists” was created in Odessa, which was actively engaged in exhibition business.
Artistic perfection and high realism are inherent in the paintings of Nikolai Pimonenko. His most famous works are "Seeing the Recruits", "Haymaking", "Rivals", "Matchmakers". A. Murashko showed his talent in the historical genre. He is the author of the famous painting "Koshevoy's Funeral", for central figure which Staritsky posed for. IN landscape painting Sergey Vasilkovsky, whose work is closely connected with the Kharkiv region, showed more talent. He opened Ukrainian painting to Europe, where he was honored to exhibit his paintings in the Parisian salon “out of turn”. The seascapes of the marine painter I. Aivazovsky became a unique phenomenon in world art. The painting “Night over the Dnieper” by Arkhip Kuindzhi was marked by the unsurpassed effect of moonlight. Remarkable masters of landscape painting were Ukrainian artists of the 19th century: S. Svetoslavsky, K. Kostandi, V. Orlovsky, I. Pokhitonov.
Ilya Repin, who was born in Chuguev in Slobozhanshchina, constantly maintained his connection with Ukraine. Among the many works of the outstanding master, his painting “The Cossacks write a letter to the Turkish Sultan” occupies a special place. For this picture, his comrade Dmitry Ivanovich Yavornitsky, who devoted his whole life to studying the history of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks and who was called Nestor of the Zaporizhzhya Sich, posed for the artist in the role of a kosh clerk, depicted in the center of the canvas. General Mikhail Dragomirov is depicted as ataman Ivan Sirko in the painting.
In Galicia, the soul of national artistic life was a talented artist (landscape painter, lyricist and portrait painter) Ivan Trush, Dragomanov's son-in-law. He is the author of portraits famous figures Ukrainian culture I. Franko, V. Stefanyk, Lysenko and others.
Thus, the entire cultural development of Ukraine took place in close connection with progressive culture Russian people.
Painting in the 30s of the 20th century
In the 1930s, Ukrainian artists continued to develop different directions artistic thought. The classic of Ukrainian painting F. Krichevsky (“Winners of Wrangel”), as well as landscape painters Karp Trokhimenko (“Personnel of the Dneprostroy”, “Kiev Harbor”, “Over the Great Way”, “Morning on the Collective Farm”) and Mykola Burachek (“Apple Trees in Blossom” , “Golden Autumn”, “Clouds are approaching”, “The road to the collective farm”, “The wide Dnieper roars and groans”), which masterfully reproduced the states of nature depending on the characteristics of sunlight. Significant achievements of Ukrainian painting of this period are associated with the development of the portrait genre, represented by such artists as: Petr Volokidin ("Portrait of the Artist's Wife", "Portrait of the Singer Zoya Gaidai"), Oleksiy Shovkunenko ("Portrait of a Girl. Ninochka"), Mykola Glushchenko (" Portrait of R. Rolland”). At this time, the work of the artist Ekaterina Bilokur (1900-1961) flourished. The element of her painting is flowers, they form compositions of extraordinary beauty. The paintings “Flowers behind a wattle fence”, “Flowers on a blue background”, “Still life with spikelets and a jug” captivate with a combination of the real and the fantastic, a sense of harmony, a variety of colors, and a filigree manner of execution. With the annexation of Transcarpathia to Ukraine in 1945, the number of Ukrainian artists was replenished by Adalbert Erdeli (“Betrothed”, “Woman”), Berlogi lo Gluk (“Lumberjacks”), Fyodor Manaylo (“On the Pasture”). Transcarpathian art school professional culture, color richness, creative search were inherent.
Painting of the Great Patriotic War
One of the leading themes of Ukrainian easel painting for a long time was the Great Patriotic War. Artists painted the heroism of warriors, the pathos of struggle. However, philosophical paintings were also written: "Nurse" by Askhat Safargalin, "In the Name of Life" by Alexander Khmelnitsky, "Flax Blooms" by Vasily Gurin. Many artists continued the development of Ukrainian fine arts, trying to give their own interpretation of the personality and work of the Great Kobzar: Michael of God "My thoughts, thoughts" and the like. The pride of Ukrainian culture was the work of the artist Tatyana Yablonska (1917-2005). Back in the post-war years, T. Yablonskaya created one of the best paintings of that time - “Bread”. Paintings of the artist early period- "Spring", "Over the Dnieper", "Mother" - made in the best academic traditions, full of movement, feeling and pictorial freedom.
Painting in the 50s of the 20th century
At the end of the 1950s, the ideological pressure on the work of artists somewhat eased in Ukraine. And although the observance of the "principle of socialist realism" remained mandatory for Soviet artists, its narrow limits expanded. In the visual arts, compared to the previous period, there is more freedom in choosing themes, means of embodying an artistic concept, and revealing national identity. Many Ukrainian artists sought to move away from straightforward copying of life, they turned to symbolic images, a poetic interpretation of the former world. Poeticization has become one of the leading trends in various art forms. This period is characterized by the desire for national roots. Ukrainian artists of the 20th century turned to the images of prominent figures of history and culture, studied folk art and customs. It acquired great importance in which bold experimental searches took place. Among the original: Dnieper hydroelectric power station (DneproGES), 18 bright works Ukrainian muralists - stained-glass triptych at the National University. T. Shevchenko, mosaic "Academy of the 17th century" at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, interior decoration of the Palace of Children and Youth in Kyiv and the like.
Painting in the 60s of the 20th century
In the early 1960s, the artist T. Yablonskaya turned to folk art, which led to a change in her artistic style (“Indian Summer”, “Swans”, “Bride”, “Paper Flowers”, “Summer”). These paintings are characterized by a planar interpretation, plasticity and expressiveness of silhouettes, the construction of color on the ratio of pure sonorous colors.
The work of the Transcarpathian artist Fyodor Manail (1910-1978) is striking, who even in the pre-war years became one of the best European artists. At the epicenter of the artist's creative search is the nature of the Carpathians and the element of folk life: "Wedding", "Breakfast", "In the Forest", "Sunny Moment", "Mountains-Valleys", etc. F. Manailo was a consultant on the set of the film C Parajanov "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", which, thanks to his contribution, has acquired a special expressiveness and ethnographic accuracy.
The spirit of experimentation, gravitation towards the European cultural tradition different Lviv art school. If the Transcarpathian school is characterized by pictorial emotionality, then the Lviv school is characterized by a graphic manner of execution, sophistication and intellectuality. The obvious representatives of these trends of that time are the famous Ukrainian artists: Zinovy Flint (“Autumn”, “Indian Summer”, “Bach Melodies”, “Reflections”), Lubomyr Medved (the cycle “The First Collective Farms in the Lviv Region”, the triptych “Emigrants”, “ Fluidity of time”, etc.). A real achievement in art was the work of these masters in the portrait genre. Portraits of cultural figures L. Medved (Lesya Ukrainka, S. Lyudkevich, N. Gogol, L. Tolstoy) attract attention with the originality of the manner of execution, the unexpected compositional construction, the depth and special sharpness of the images.
The original artist Valentin Zadorozhny (1921-1988) worked in different genres- monumental and easel painting, graphics, tapestry, woodcarving. The artist used and creatively rethought the best traditions folk art, deeply understood the foundations of national culture: the paintings “Marusya Churai”, “Universal Dinner”, “Chuchinsky Oranta”, “Daily Bread”, “And there will be a son and mother ...” and others enchant with saturation and contrasting juxtaposition of colors, expressiveness of lines, ease of rhythm, decorative sound.
In the work of the artist Ivan Marchuk, different artistic trends and methods can be traced (from realism to surrealism and abstractionism); genres (portraits, still lifes, landscapes and original fantasy compositions similar to dreams). Tradition and innovation are intertwined in his paintings, all works have a deep spiritual basis: “Blossoming”, “Blossoming Planet”, “Lost Music”, “Germination”, “Voice of my soul”, “Last ray”, “The month has risen over the Dnieper” , “Monthly Night”, etc. Among the many works of the artist, the painting “Awakening” attracts attention, in which a face appears among herbs and flowers beautiful woman, her fragile transparent hands. This is Ukraine, which is awakening from a long heavy sleep.
Ukraine is rightfully proud and folk craftsmen People: Maria Primachenko, Praskovya Vlasenko, Elizaveta Mironova, Ivan Skolozdra, Tatyana Pato, Fyodor Pank and others. At one time, P. Picasso was amazed by the works of M. Primachenko. She created own world in which they live fantasy creatures, characters of folklore, flowers seem to be endowed with human soul(“Wedding”, “Holiday”, “Bouquet”, “Magpies - white-sided”, “Three grandfathers”, “Wild otter grabbed a bird”, “Threat of war” and others).
Art of the late 20th century
The end of the 20th century can be considered the time of a new countdown in the history of Ukrainian creative art. The formation of an independent state created a new cultural and creative situation in Ukraine. The principle of socialist realism became a thing of the past, Ukrainian artists began to work in conditions of freedom of creativity. Art exhibitions held at that time showed high creative possibilities Ukrainian fine arts, its diversity, the coexistence in it of various directions, forms and means of expressing artistic intent. Ukrainian fine arts of the late 20th century. received the name "New Wave", picking up the Ukrainian avant-garde movement of the 10-20s, but continuing to develop it in new conditions.
Modern Ukrainian artists and their paintings do not fit into the framework of any one style, direction or method. Masters of the older generation prefer traditional to realistic art. Abstractionism became widespread (Tiberiy Silvashi, Alexey Zhivotkov, Petr Malyshko, Oleg Tistol, Alexander Dubovik, Alexander Budnikov and others). And yet the main feature of modern Ukrainian art is the combination of figurative and abstract methods of creativity (Viktor Ivanov, Vasily Khodakovsky, Oleg Yasenev, Andrey Bludov, Mykola Butkovsky, Alexey Vladimirov, and others).
New Ukrainian art
Contemporary Ukrainian art influenced by Western modernism. Surrealism (from French "supra-realism") is one of the main currents of the artistic avant-garde, it arose in France in the 1920s. According to the main theorist of surrealism A. Breton, his goal is to resolve the contradiction between dream and reality. The ways to achieve this goal were varied: Ukrainian artists and their paintings depicted scenes devoid of logic with photographic accuracy, created fragments of familiar objects and strange creatures.
Op art (abbreviated English optical art) - current abstract art, popular in the West in the 60s. Op-art works are built on the effects of optical illusion, while the selection of shapes and colors is aimed at creating optical illusion movement.
Pop art (abbreviated English popular art) originated in the United States and Britain under the influence of mass culture. The source of his images were popular comics, advertising and products industrial production. The simultaneity of the plot in pop art painting is sometimes emphasized by technique, which resembles the effect of a photograph.
Conceptualism, conceptual art (from Lat. thought, concept) - the leading trend in Western art of the 60s. According to its representatives, the idea (concept) underlying the work has a value in itself and is placed above mastery. A variety of means can be used to implement the concept: texts, maps, photographs, videos, and the like.
The work may be exhibited in a gallery, or may be created "on the ground", such as a natural landscape, which sometimes becomes part of it. At the same time, the image of the artist undermines the traditional idea of the status of the authors of art. In an installation, individual elements located within a given space form a single artistic whole and are often designed for a particular gallery. Such a work cannot be transferred to another place, because environment is its equal part.
Performance (from English representation) is an artistic phenomenon closely related to dance and theatrical performance. The language of pop art is skillfully and often used in their works by such Ukrainian artists as Stepan Ryabchenko, Ilya Chichkan, Masha Shubina, Marina Talyutto, Ksenia Gnilitskaya, Viktor Melnichuk and others.
Ukrainian postmodernism
Assemblage is an introduction to three-dimensional non-artistic materials and the so-called found objects - ordinary everyday objects. It comes from collage - a technique in which pieces of paper, fabric, etc. are fixed on a flat surface. The art of assemblage was born by P. Picasso at the beginning of the 20th century; among Ukrainian artists, the assemblage technique was widely used by A. Archipenko, I. Yermilov, A. creative process in Ukraine, by analogy with the West, they call the era of postmodernism (that is, after modernism). Postmodernism in the visual arts resembles the whimsically mixed fragments of all previous styles, directions and currents, in which it is pointless to look for at least the slightest manifestations of integrity. Ukrainian postmodernism is most often a borrowing, or even outright plagiarism, of Western models.
Since ancient times Ukraine has been famous for its artists. Taras Shevchenko, Ilya Repin, Kazimir Malevich ... - the list of outstanding masters of the brush and palette can be continued for a long time. And who is the pride of the national fine arts today? Here is a list of the 10 most highly paid (read - the most talented) contemporary Ukrainian artists.
1. Anatoly Krivolap
To date, this is one of the most successful and best-selling Ukrainian artists. Fans and collectors are acquiring his work at an incredible rate (some already have over 50 pieces). Krivolap's paintings are sold at crazy prices at the world's leading auctions, exhibited in almost all Ukrainian museums.
Anatoly Krivolap was always worried about the question of how to paint a picture with pure colors and so that they match perfectly. He has been working on this problem since the 1970s. Incredible warm sunsets, mysterious silhouettes of people and animals, houses and tree shadows - all this miraculously appeared from under his brush.
Since the 1990s, Kryvolap has become one of the most expensive Ukrainian artists. The last successfully sold work is “Night. Horse” ($124,343) - entered the TOP-10 most expensive daily lots of Phillips de Pury & Co. Every year the prices for his works are growing, and experts say that in five years his paintings could cost about half a million dollars.
A. Krivolap. From the series "Ukrainian motive"
A. Krivolap. "Horse. Evening"
A. Krivolan. "Horse. Night"
2.Alexander Roitburd
Alexander Roitburd participated in more than a hundred exhibitions and art projects. His work is featured in Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, in art museums Ukraine, Russia, USA, Slovenia, in many public and private collections. In addition, Roitburd has participated in the Venice Biennale and Documenta. The most famous works are "Geisha" ($20,641), "Goodbye Caravaggio" ($97,179) and "Flight into Egypt" ($57,700).
A. Roitburd, "Geisha"
A. Roitburd, "Self-portrait"
3. Oleg Tistol
Oleg Tistol is a key figure in the Ukrainian New Wave. He represented Ukraine at the Sao Paulo Biennale (1994) and the 49th Venice Biennale (2001).
Oleg Tistol was the only one who managed to make Ukrainian National symbols interesting and understandable in the West: both native hryvnias (Ukrainian Money project) and Crimean palm trees (U. Be. Ka project). The most famous works are Lampa ($26,225), Gurzuf ($12,300) and Stranger No. 17 ($20,000).
O. Tistol, "Third Rome"
O. Tistol, "Roksolana"
O. Tistol, "Gurzuf"
4. Ilya Chichkan
Ilya Chychkan is one of the most famous, exhibited, highly paid Ukrainian artists. Works in different types fine arts: painting, photography, installation, video. He filmed rabbits, giving them LSD injections, photographed the mentally ill and children of mutants, painted in the form of A.S. monkeys. Pushkin and the Pope. Once the artist was commissioned to paint a portrait of Iosif Kobzon. At first he refused, but then changed his mind. Having finished the work, on the back Chichkan brought out the name: “Kobzon oh ... th”, which the singer really liked.
The works of Ilya Chichkan have been exhibited in leading galleries and museums in Europe, the USA and South America, as well as at prestigious international forums and festivals of contemporary art: the Sao Paulo Biennale (1996), Johannesburg (1997), Prague (2003), Belgrade (2004) , at the European Biennale Manifesta (2004), as well as the Venice Biennale (2009). The most famous works: "From the Life of Insects" ($24,700) and "Heavyweight Curator" ($8146).
I. Chichkan, "Geisha"
I. Chichkan, "Pushkin"
Born in 1975 in Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an art education at the Kharkov State College of Arts, then continued his studies at the Kharkov state academy art and design, where he received a master's degree in arts, studying under the guidance of Professor A. A. Khmelnitsky. Among other things, he studied the art of frescoes and mosaics.
Romantic Impressionists. Mikhail and Inessa Garmash
Mikhail Garmash was born in 1969 in the small town of Luhansk in Ukraine, he began to draw at the age of three. At the age of six, he began his education at the Luhansk Center for Youth Creativity. Recognizing his natural talent, teachers began to send the artist's works to various exhibitions of the former Soviet Union.
Inessa Garmash, nee Kitaichik, was born in 1972 in the city of Lipetsk, Russia, and already in her early childhood she became interested in drawing.
Talented Ukrainian artist. Igor Tuzhikov
Igor Tuzhikov (Tuzhikov Igor) is a talented Ukrainian artist. Born in 1979 in Kharkov, Ukraine. In 2000 he graduated from the painting department of the Kharkov State Art College. In 2006 - a graduate of the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, specializing in " easel painting",
Ukrainian artist. Maria Zelda
Maria Zelda is a contemporary Ukrainian artist, born in 1955 and grew up in Ukraine, studied to be a pianist and, at the same time, shared her love between music and painting, calling them twin sisters. In the early 90s Maria moved to Mexico where she currently lives and works. Over the past 15 years, Maria has devoted her creativity to the study of various methods of painting and design.
Stolyarova Irina. Genre painting
Stolyarova Irina Sergeevna, a talented contemporary artist, was born in 1982, in the city of Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Professional training in fine arts began at the age of 7 years. She graduated from the art and graphic faculty of the University of KD Ushinsky in Odessa (she defended her diploma with honors at the Department of Painting). Since 2010, a member of the UNAU.
Modern artists of Ukraine. Irene Sheri
Irene Sheri was born in 1968 in the city of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, Ukraine. Her rich and varied heritage probably makes her one of the most prominent examples of the new generation of intercultural artists emerging from Europe Without Borders. Her blood is a mixture of Bulgarian and French. She was born and raised in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, where different cultures mix freely, making Odessa one of the most colorful, vibrant and cosmopolitan cities in the world. She studied at the St. Petersburg Art Academy. Her works are in many private collections and presented in galleries in many countries of the world: in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Russia and the USA.
New mythology. Vlad Safronov
Over the years, Vlad Safronov has created his own artistic world, which he calls "New Mythology". Whatever the artist writes: animals, people, cities or abstract compositions, the plots of his paintings are always wonderful and cause rave reviews from viewers and critics. Vlad has his own unique style, which endows the figures and objects in his paintings with a strange mixture of archaism and modernity... His unique painting method includes several types classical painting oil, as well as modern materials, from which the artist creates the basis, when combined, they give rise to works of fine art that make Vlad Safronov a famous artist.
Impressionism, with elements of expression. Nelina Trubach-Moshnikova
"Like a light, like a line, like rain, like a color, like a woman, like... What more can be said when so much has been said already? But I want to say...:"
I was born in Belarus, in 1982 I graduated from an art school in Minsk, the workshop of Professor A.K. Glebov and now I live and work in Yalta, Crimea. I find it extremely interesting to be able to see colors and lines that hide something obvious. Basically, she works in oil on canvas or mixed.
Pencil drawings. Denis Chernov
Denis Chernov is a talented Ukrainian artist, born in 1978 in Sambir, Lviv region, Ukraine. After graduating from the Kharkov Art College, in 1998, he stayed in Kharkov, where he currently lives and works. He also studied at the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts.
Modern artists of Ukraine. Denis Chernov
Modern Ukrainian artist Denis Chernov was born in the city of Sambir, Lviv region of Ukraine. Educated first at the Kharkov Art College, which he graduated in 1998, then, in 2004, at the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts (Graphics Department). He regularly participates in art exhibitions both in Ukraine and abroad. Most of Denis Chernov's works are in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Italy, England, Spain, Greece, France, USA, Canada and Japan. Some of the works were sold at the auction of the famous auction house"Christie".
The beauty of a woman. Andrey Kartashov
Andrey Kartashov is a talented Ukrainian artist. Born in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, in 1974. In 1990 he entered the art school applied arts Uzhgorod. In 1994, he took part in an art action at the open
Ukrainian muralist. Kirilenko Ivan
Kirilenko Ivan Mikhailovich is a talented Ukrainian muralist. Born in 1983 in the city of Khotyn, Chernivtsi region in Ukraine. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Received higher education, graduating from the Chernivtsi National University. Yu. F
As long as I breathe, I hope. Konstantin Shiptya
Konstantin Shyptia is a talented Ukrainian artist.
Konstantin about himself: "I was born and live in Ukraine. I graduated from a children's specialized art school. In my paintings I want to show eternal themes: Crazy love and burning hatred, longing for loneliness and wild joy, fleeting grief and unbridled joy.
Modern artists of Ukraine. Alexey Slyusar
Contemporary artist Alexei Slyusar was born in 1961 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, then another of the republics of the Soviet Union. Like most children, he began to draw in sponge childhood, but unlike many, after some time he did not give up his hobby. He received an art education at the secondary art school of his native city, which he graduated in 1979, and then entered the Dnepropetrovsk Institute at the Faculty of Architecture. For some time after his studies, he worked as an architect, interior designer, sculptor and decorator.
Urban landscapes. Dmitry Danish
Dmitry Danish, contemporary Ukrainian artist, known for his works in the Impressionist style, was born in 1966, in Kharkov, Ukraine. He began to draw in early childhood and even then dreamed of becoming an artist. His mother, an artist herself, was the first person to notice Dmitry's talent and began to develop her son's talent with all her might.
