The works of Vsevolod Maximovich first appeared in the collection of the National Art Museum of Ukraine in 1926. At that time Fedir Ernst, one of the museum’s founders, was travelling across Europe in search of great works by Ukrainian artists with the goal of...
Alexandra Exter (1882—1949) – undoubtedly one of the most fascinating avant-garde artists of Ukraine and Russia in the early twentieth century. Exter was able to give a highly individualized interpretation to the basic problems of contemporary art. Like many of...
David Burliuk was born on July 9 (July 21, new style), 1882 in khutor Semirotovshchina of Kharkov province (now Lebedinsky district, Sumskaya region). His father David Fyodorovich Burliuk was an agronomist. Mother – Lyudmila Iosifovna Burliuk, Mihnevich in...
The present day life is marked as time of reappraisal of values in various spheres of life. Events of national history are being viewed from a new, more impartial, angle. Many notable names of those, who formed the van of cultural life not only in the Ukraine but...
Andreenko’s work reflects almost all the artistic trends of our century. Beginning with 1915—1916, Andreenko exhibited cubist-constructivist work. By 1928 he switched from constructivistic stage designs and still-life paintings to surrealistic oils and gouaches, which...
The creative work of Olexa Bakhmatiuk (1820—1882) is one of the brightest manifestations of 19th century Ukrainian folk art. This outstanding master craftsman lived all his life in Kosiv (near Ivano-Frankivsk). Due to not having an elementary school education, he...
