Andrij Antonjuk

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Andrij Danylowytsch Antonjuk ( Ukrainian Андрі́й Дани́лович Антоню́к ; born October 15, 1943 in Bohopole , Mykolaiv Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ; † April 16, 2013 in Mykolaiv ) was a Ukrainian painter , folk artist and from 1970 a member of the Ukrainian National Union of Artists.

biography

Andrij Antonjuk spent his childhood and youth in Bohopole (today: Pervomajsk ), where he attended the only Ukrainian school in the area. In 1962 Antonjuk graduated from an art school in Odessa . From 1965 to 1971 he worked in Odessa, after 1971 in Mykolaiv . From 1967 to 1985 he took an active part in many exhibitions. In 1970 he became a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Works

  • « Carpathian Motif» (1966)
  • «Motherland» (1969)
  • «The Window» (1970)
  • "Spring" (1974)
  • "My Venice " (1980)
  • «On Golgotha . Ecology »(1987)
  • «Feofan Prokopovych»
  • «Master, who are we? »
  • «Bohopilska Madonna»
  • «In conversation with the universe»
  • «Trumpet voice. A warning"

Folk art , symbolism and expressionism had a very great influence on Antonjuk's creative work . In his works, folk motifs, artistic interpretation of the past of the Ukrainian nation and its moral aspirations dominate. The artist's expressive originality created a unique artistic layer in the artistic culture of Ukraine. This was the beginning of a special southern direction in Ukrainian art.

Exhibitions

  • 1966 - Republican Exhibition "Carpathian Motifs"
  • 1968 - Art exhibitions «50 Years of the Komsomol», «May 1945»
  • 1968–1969, Odessa - national exhibitions «Bread and Salt», «The Window», «Motherland»
  • 1969 - Exhibition of watercolors «Family»
  • 1970 - Union Exhibition
  • 1971, Moscow - Exhibition of Young Artists of Ukraine
  • 1972, Kiev - Republican exhibition of watercolors, "Grandfather"
  • 1972, Moscow - Exhibition of watercolors
  • 1973, Kiev - exhibition "In the field"
  • 1975, Minsk - exhibition of watercolors
  • 1984, Mykolaiv National Exhibition
  • 1985, Mykolaiv National Exhibition
  • 1987, Mykolaiv - solo exhibition
  • 2005, Kiev - solo exhibition in the gallery "Sophia"
  • 2006, Kiev - personal exhibition
  • 2007, Mykolaiv, Odessa - personal exhibition, city gallery

Titles and awards

  • 1986 - winner of the «Golden Trident»
  • 1989 - Honored Artist of the USSR
  • 1993 - Wassyl Stus Prize
  • 1994 - Taras Shevchenko Prize , State Prize of Ukraine
  • 1996, 1998 - Honorary title «Citizen of the Year»
  • 1997 - winner of the international festival «Ukrainian World»
  • 2000 - Silver Medal of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
  • 2001 - Diploma "Golden Fortune"
  • 2002 - Gold Medal of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
  • 2006 - Honorary title «Man of the year»
  • 2007 - People's Artist of Ukraine

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personal data
SURNAME Antonjuk, Andrij
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Antonjuk, Andrij Danylowytsch (full name); Антоню́к, Андрі́й Дани́лович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian painter, folk artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Bohopole , Mykolaiv Oblast , Ukrainian SSR
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 2013
Place of death Mykolaiv , Ukraine