Andrij Antonjuk
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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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 |