Oleksiy Zhovkunenko

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Cyrillic ( Ukrainian )
Олексій Олексійович Шовкуненко
Transl. : Oleksij Oleksijovyč Šovkunenko
Transcr. : Oleksij Oleksijowytsch Schowkunenko

Oleksiy Oleksijowytsch Schowkunenko (born March 9 . Jul / 21st March  1884 greg. In Kherson , Kherson Gubernia , Russian Empire ; † 12. March 1974 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) was a Ukrainian - Soviet painter .

Shovkunenko's grave in the Baikowe cemetery

Life

Oleksij Schowkunenko was born in Kherson as the son of a roofer. In 1908 he graduated from the art school in Odessa with Kyriak Kostandi and in 1917 he graduated from the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg . Between 1926 and 1935 he taught painting at art institutes in Odessa and from 1935 to 1963 he was a professor at the Kiev Art Institute . Since 1947 he was a full member of the Russian Academy of Arts . Schowkunenko had lived in Kiev since 1935 and died there in 1974 at the age of 89. He was buried in the Baikowe cemetery .

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Shovkunenko painted numerous portraits, including many of Ukrainian celebrities such as Ivan Le (1943), Leonid Perwomaiskyj (1943), Maksym Rylskyj (1945), Oleh Bohomolez (1945), Natalija Uschwij (1947), Mykola Lyssenko (1947) and Pavlo Tichyna ( 1949) as well as landscape paintings, urban and industrial landscapes. The Art Museum of the City of Cherson named after him houses one of the largest collections of his works in Ukraine with 155 exhibits. More of his works can be found in the National Art Museum of Ukraine in Kiev.

The Kherson City Art Museum named after Oleksiy Shovkunenko

Honors

Zhovkunenko received a large number of honors and awards. Including:

Web links

Commons : Oleksij Schowkunenko  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Biography of Oleksij Schowkunenko on ukrainians-world ; accessed on June 11, 2017 (Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ a b Entry on Oleksij Schowkunenko in the Kiev Encyclopedia ; accessed on June 11, 2017 (Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ entry to Shovkunenko, Oleksii in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine ; accessed on June 10, 2017
  4. ↑ About the art collection of Schowkunenko's works, named after OO Schowkunenko on the website of the Chersonese Art Museum ; accessed on June 11, 2017 (Ukrainian)
  5. ↑ Short biography Oleksij Schowkunenko on the website of the Taras Shevchenko Prize Committee; accessed on June 11, 2017 (Ukrainian)
  6. ↑ a b biography of Oleksij Schowkunenko on shovkunenko.keysolution.ru ; accessed on June 11, 2017 (Russian)
  7. ^ Website of the Chersonese Art Museum named after OO Schowkunenko ; accessed on June 11, 2017 (Ukrainian)
personal data
SURNAME Zhovkunenko, Oleksiy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schowkunenko, Oleksij Oleksijowytsch (full name); Шовкуненко, Олексій Олексійович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian-Soviet painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Kherson , Kherson Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1974
Place of death Kiev , Ukrainian SSR