Mychajlo Lysenko

Mychajlo Lysenko on a Ukrainian 2- ₴ commemorative coin from 2006

Mykhaylo Hryhorowytsch Lysenko ( Ukrainian Михайло Григорович Лисенко , Russian Михаил Григорьевич Лысенко Mikhail Grigoryevich Lysenko ; October 16, ^jul. / 29. October 1906 ^greg. In Schpyliwka , Kharkov Governorate , Russian Empire , † 8. May 1972 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) was a Ukrainian - Soviet sculptor .

Life

Mychajlo Lyssenko's grave in the Baikowe cemetery

Mychajlo Lyssenko was born into a farming family in the village of Shpyliwka in what is now Sumy Raion in the Ukrainian Sumy Oblast . He went to school in Sumy and studied from 1926 at the Art Institute in Kharkov with Leonora Bloch ( Леонора Абрамівна Блох , 1881-1943) and Iwan Severa ( Іван Васильович Севера , 1891-1971).

From 1944 onwards, Lyssenko taught (as a professor from 1947) at the Kiev Art Institute . One of his students is Halyna Kaltschenko . From 1948 he was a member of the CPSU (b) and in 1970 he became a member of the Russian Academy of Arts . He mainly worked in the genre of the easel and created numerous monumental sculptures . Lyssenko died in 1972 at the age of 65 in Kiev and was buried there in the Baikowe cemetery .

Honors

Mychajlo Lyssenko received a large number of honors and awards. Including:

1943 Honored Artist of Ukraine
1960 People's Artist of the USSR
1963 People's Artist of the USSR
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labor
The National Bank of Ukraine was in honor of his 100th birthday in 2006, a 2- hryvnia - commemorative coin out.

Web links

Commons : Mychajlo Lyssenko - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on Mychajlo Lysenko in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c biography Mychajlo Lyssenko on ukrainians-world ; accessed on June 12, 2017 (Ukrainian)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Short biography of Mychajlo Lyssenko on the website of the Baikowe Cemetery; accessed on June 12, 2017 (Ukrainian)
↑ Commemorative coin of the series: Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine - Mychajlo Lysenko , the website of the National Bank of Ukraine; accessed on June 12, 2017 (Ukrainian)

personal data
SURNAME	Lyssenko, Mychajlo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lyssenko, Mychajlo Hryhorowytsch (full name); Лисенко, Михайло Григорович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian-Soviet sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 29, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Shpyliwka , Kharkov Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	May 8, 1972
Place of death	Kiev , Ukrainian SSR

[ukrainians-world-1] raphy Mychajlo Lyssenko on ukrainians-world ; accessed on June 12, 2017 (Ukrainian)

[Baikowe-2] Short biography of Mychajlo Lyssenko on the website of the Baikowe Cemetery; accessed on June 12, 2017 (Ukrainian)

[3] Commemorative coin of the series: Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine - Mychajlo Lysenko , the website of the National Bank of Ukraine; accessed on June 12, 2017 (Ukrainian)