Malevich Kazimir Severynovych – Soviet Ukrainian painter and sculptor. (“Vollmer. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kunstler des XX Jahrhunderts. Band 3. Leipzig 1999”) It is not so easy to determine to which ethnic group any given artist belongs....
Olexandr Ganzha – ukrainian sculptor from the village of Zhornishche, an ancient pottery centre in Vinnitsa Region. The local potters have since long specialized in making kitchen earthenware — milk jugs, pots to stew potatoes, bake meat and fish, and grind...
Kateryna Bilokur is an highly original Ukrainian folk artist. Her beautiful pictures of the colorful Ukrainian nature are a significant landmark in the history of Ukrainian folk art. Kateryna Bilokur`s life was not easy. She was born December 7, 1900, in the village...
Fedir Panko, folk master of decorative painting who comes from the famous village of Petrykivka, is known far and wide, even abroad, for his truly creative works of art. During the last few years, his paintings have been exhibited and won high acclaim in 37 countries....
Peoples fates, as well as life itself, develop differently. With some people it is like a stormy sea, with others it is comparatively calm, without any outer shocks. But this relative calmness is full of various events and everyday bothersome work for the sake of...
For many connoisseurs the one-man retrospective of the noted Ukrainian artist Mykola Hlushchenko, mounted in September 1971 to mark his 70th jubilee, held quite a few surprises. This was especially so as regards Hlushchenko’s productions of the last few years. Those...
