Consistently experienced the stages of Baroque, Rococo and Classicism. This influence is already evident in two portraits from 1652 of the children of B. Khmelnitsky, Timofey and Rozanda. At the same time, the style of early Ukrainian painting is very diverse and unequal in skill.
Ukrainian culture of the second half of the 17th and early 18th centuries
Most of the ceremonial portraits (parsun) of Cossack colonels that survived were painted by local Cossack craftsmen, who, however, knew how to convey the mood and character of the elders depicted. Pavel Alepsky wrote about the realistic skill of Cossack painters in the mid-17th century.
Unfortunately, only a small proportion of the paintings that were created have survived to this day. Ukrainian artists 18th century. In the second half of the 17th century. Schools of icon painters are already being created. The most famous examples are the paintings of the Assumption Cathedral and the Trinity Gate Church in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, which have a soft, pastel form of writing. Sensuality and rounded smooth lines set viewers into a somewhat melancholic mood and try to maintain a cheerful worldview. At the same time dramatic stories, such as “The Expulsion of the Merchants from the Temple,” and especially the passion scenes, are executed with the transmission of militant tension corresponding to the turbulent era. The figures depicted on the frescoes exuded physical and mental health, their movements lost all stiffness and generally emphasized the sublimity of their mood.
The images created by the Kiev-Pechersk art workshop became a canon, a role model in all other parts of Ukraine.
Temple painting
At that time, the so-called priest portrait became a characteristic component of temple painting. Ktitorami ( vernacular- headman) called the founders, donors and guardians of a particular church, as well as the current ones (heads of the parish council). In the Kyiv churches there were a lot of such guardians throughout their history. In the altar part of the Assumption Church of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, before it was blown up in 1941, 85 historical figures were depicted - from princes Kievan Rus before Peter I (it is clear that this is not all). The senior church hierarchs are depicted as unshakable, but the closer to that period the historical figure was, the more lively the portraits became, the more expression and individuality was reflected in the faces.
In the Baroque era, church iconostases acquired extraordinary splendor, in which icons were arranged in four or even five rows. The most famous of the surviving baroque iconostases of this kind are the iconostases from the Churches of the Holy Spirit in Rohatyn, Galicia (mid-17th century) and the tomb church of Hetman D. Apostol in Velyki Sorochintsy (first half of the 18th century). The pinnacle of easel icon painting of the 17th century. there is the Bogorodchansky (Manyavsky) iconostasis, which was completed during 1698-1705. master Job Kondzelevich. Traditional biblical scenes are re-enacted here in a new way. Depicted alive real people, full of speakers, even dressed in local costumes.
Quite early, elements of the Rococo style appeared in icon painting, which is associated with the active use by students of the Lavra art workshop as examples of drawings, the parents of the French Rococo, Watteau and Boucher, presented in student album collections. Rococo brings greater lightness and gallantry to portraits, adds characteristic small details, and a fashion appears for the execution of women's parsuns.
The development of classicism in art in the second half of the 17th century
In the second half of the 17th century, copper engraving developed. The development of engraving took place in close connection with the production of student theses, the needs of book printing, as well as orders for panegyrics. At the same time, among the works of the Tarasevich brothers and their later colleagues one can find not only luxurious allegorical compositions of a secular and religious nature, but also realistic engraving sketches of landscapes, seasons and agricultural work. In 1753, Empress Elizabeth issued a decree: three Ukrainian children from the court chapel who had lost their voices should be sent to artistic science. These guys were the future famous Ukrainian artists Kirill Golovachevsky, Ivan Sabluchok and Anton Losenko. Each of them made a significant contribution to the development of classicist art.
Art education in Ukraine in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries
Professional artistic and creative training of Ukrainian masters in the 19th century took place at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts and at the European higher art institutions popular at that time, where the main emphasis was on academicism and classicism. According to the conditions of the development of aesthetics, this had the ability to create resistance artistic development Ukraine, to create a gap between folk and “lordly” art.
The best art paintings Ukrainian artists of the 19th century are represented by people with an academic education, and this is primarily T. Shevchenko, and then with him Napoleon Buyalsky, Nikolai and Alexander Muravyov, Ilya Repin and others, who sought to create a national school of art. Center for the Development of Cultural- artistic life was Kyiv. Afterwards, the constant formation of art schools began. The Kiev Drawing School became one of the first art institutions and played an important role in the development fine arts Ukraine. IN different times I. Levitan, M. Vrubel, V. Serov, K. Krizhitsky, S. Yaremich and others studied here. They received their primary art education at the school famous artists: G. Dyadchenko, A. Murashko, S. Kostenko, I. Izhakevich, G. Svetlitsky, A. Moravov.
The art school provided thorough training for creating works of art. There was even a museum founded at the establishment where they received various sketches and drawings by Repin, Kramskoy, Shishkin, Perov, Aivazovsky, Myasoedov, Savitsky, Orlovsky, etc. The school’s teachers used progressive methods, which were based on the requirements of drawing from life, strict adherence to the principle “from easy to more complex,” ensuring individual approach, an organic combination of special and general education training, that is, focusing on the development of comprehensive art education.
Professor P. Pavlov, the famous Russian geographer P. Semenov-Tien-Shansky, as well as local collectors of works V. Tarnovsky and I. Tereshchenko helped in organizing M. Murashko’s school. Experienced teachers of the school at different times were M. Vrubel, I. Seleznev, V. Fabricius, I. Kostenko and others. M. Murashko’s school existed until 1901, thanks to which students had the opportunity to develop their natural talent, and then receive artistic education. The future famous Ukrainian artists P. Volokidin, P. Aleshin, M. Verbitsky, V. Zabolotnaya, V. Rykov, F. Krichevsky, K. Trofimenko, A. Shovkunenko and others were students of the Academy of Art. Art education in Ukraine, the second half of the 19th century - the beginning of the 20th century. represented by schools that were concentrated in Odessa, Kyiv and Kharkov.
Art of Ukraine of the late 19th - early 20th centuries
A particularly prominent place in Ukrainian art belongs to T. Shevchenko, who graduated in 1844 and was a student of Karl Bryullov himself, the author famous painting"The Last Day of Pompeii". T. Shevchenko created a number of paintings from the life of the peasantry (“Gypsy Fortune Teller”, “Katerina”, “Peasant Family”, etc.). Poetic and artistic heritage T. Shevchenko had a huge influence on the development of Ukrainian culture and in particular fine arts. It determined its democratic orientation, which was clearly reflected in the work of graduates of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts L. Zhemchuzhnikov and K. Trutovsky. Konstantin Trutovsky is also known for his illustrations to the works of N. Gogol, T. Shevchenko, Marko Vovchok, and he also captured the biography of the Ukrainian artist T. Shevchenko.
Subsequently, progressive artists shared the ideas of the “Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions” created in 1870 and its leaders: I. Kramskoy, V. Surikov, I. Repin, V. Perov. Taking an example from the Russian “peredvizhniki”, Ukrainian artists sought to use realistic artistic language, which people understand, and show their paintings to residents of different cities. In particular, the “Society of South Russian Artists” was created in Odessa, which was actively involved in exhibitions.
Artistic perfection and high realism are inherent in the paintings of Nikolai Pimonenko. His most famous works are “Seeing off the recruits”, “Haymaking”, “Rivals”, “Matchmakers”. A. Murashko showed his talent in the historical genre. He is the author of the famous painting “The Funeral of Koshevoy,” for which Staritsky posed for the central figure. In landscape painting, Sergei Vasilkovsky showed more talent, whose work is closely connected with the Kharkov region. He discovered Ukrainian painting in Europe, where he was honored to exhibit his paintings at the Paris Salon “out of turn.” A unique phenomenon in world art has become seascapes marine painter I. Aivazovsky. Unsurpassed effect moonlight The painting “Night over the Dnieper” by Arkhip Kuindzhi was celebrated. Remarkable masters of landscape painting were Ukrainian artists of the 19th century: S. Svetoslavsky, K. Kostandi, V. Orlovsky, I. Pokhitonov.
Ilya Repin, who was born in Chuguev in Slobozhanshchina, constantly maintained his connection with Ukraine. Among the many works of the outstanding master, his painting “The Cossacks Write a Letter to the Turkish Sultan” occupies a special place. For this painting, his comrade Dmitry Ivanovich Yavornitsky, who devoted his entire life to studying the history of the Zaporozhye Cossacks and who was called Nestor of the Zaporozhye Sich, posed for the artist in the role of the Koshevoy clerk, depicted in the center of the canvas. The film depicts General Mikhail Dragomirov as Koshev's ataman Ivan Sirko.
In Galicia, the soul of the national artistic life was the talented artist (landscape-lyricist and portrait painter) Ivan Trush, Drahomanov's son-in-law. He is the author of portraits of famous figures of Ukrainian culture I. Franko, V. Stefanik, Lysenko and others.
So everything cultural development Ukraine took place in inextricable connection with the progressive culture of the Russian people.
Painting in the 30s of the 20th century
In the 30s, Ukrainian artists continued to develop different directions artistic thought. The classic of Ukrainian painting F. Krichevsky (“Winners of Wrangel”), as well as landscape painters Karp Trokhimenko (“Personnel of the Dneprostroy”, “Kiev Harbor”, “Above the big way", "Morning on the Collective Farm") and Nikolai Burachek ("Apple Trees in Bloom", "Golden Autumn", "Clouds Are Coming", "Road to the Collective Farm", "The Wide Dnieper Roars and Moans"), who masterfully reproduced the states of nature depending on on the characteristics of solar lighting. Significant achievements of Ukrainian painting of this period are associated with the development of the portrait genre, represented by such artists as: Pyotr Volokidin (“Portrait of the Artist’s Wife”, “Portrait of the Singer Zoya Gaidai”), Alexey Shovkunenko (“Portrait of a Girl. Ninotchka”), Nikolai Glushchenko (“Portrait of a Girl. Ninotchka”), Nikolai Glushchenko (“Portrait of a Girl. Ninotchka”). Portrait of R. Rolland"). At this time, the work of the artist Ekaterina Bilokur (1900-1961) flourished. The element of her painting is flowers; they form compositions of extreme beauty. The paintings “Flowers behind the fence”, “Flowers on a blue background”, “Still life with spikelets and a jug” enchant with the combination of the real and the fantastic, a sense of harmony, a variety of colors, and a filigree manner of execution. With the annexation of Transcarpathia to Ukraine in 1945, the number of Ukrainian artists was supplemented by Adalbert Erdeli (“The Betrothed,” “Woman”), Berlogi lo Gluck (“Lumberjacks”), Fyodor Manailo (“On the Pasture”). The Transcarpathian art school was characterized by professional culture, coloristic richness, and creative search.
Painting from the Great Patriotic War
One of the leading themes of Ukrainian easel painting for a long time remained the Great Patriotic War. Artists painted the heroism of warriors and the pathos of struggle. However, philosophical paintings: “Nurse” by Askhat Safargalin, “In the Name of Life” by Alexander Khmelnitsky, “Flax is Blooming” by Vasily Gurin. Many artists continued the development of Ukrainian fine art, trying to give own interpretation personality and creativity of the Great Kobzar: Mikhail Bozhi “My Thoughts, Thoughts” and the like. The pride of Ukrainian culture is the work of artist Tatyana Yablonskaya (1917-2005). Back in post-war years T. Yablonskaya created one of the best paintings of that time - “Bread”. Paintings by the artist early period- “Spring”, “Above the Dnieper”, “Mother” - made in the best academic traditions, full of movement, feeling and pictorial freedom.
Painting in the 50s of the 20th century
At the end of the 50s in Ukraine, ideological pressure on the creativity of artists somewhat weakened. And although adherence to the “principle socialist realism"remained mandatory for Soviet artists, its narrow limits expanded. In the fine arts, compared to the previous period, there has been more freedom in choosing themes, means of realizing artistic ideas, and identifying national identity. Many Ukrainian artists sought to move away from straightforward copying of life; they turned to symbolic images, a poetic interpretation of the former world. It is poeticization that has become one of the leading trends in various types art. This period is characterized by a desire for national roots. Ukrainian artists of the 20th century turned to the images of outstanding figures of history and culture, studied folk art and customs. Great value acquired in which bold experimental searches took place. Among the original ones: the Dnieper hydroelectric power station (DneproGES), 18 striking works of Ukrainian monumentalists - a stained glass triptych at the National University. T. Shevchenko, mosaic “Academy of the 17th century.” at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, interior decoration of the Palace of Children and Youth in Kyiv, and the like.
Painting in the 60s of the 20th century
In the early 1960s, the artist T. Yablonskaya turned to folk art, which led to a change in her artistic style(“Indian Summer”, “Swans”, “Bride”, “Paper Flowers”, “Summer”). These paintings are characterized by a flat interpretation, plasticity and expressiveness of silhouettes, and the construction of color based on the relationship of pure, ringing colors.
The work of the Transcarpathian artist Fedor Manail (1910-1978), who became one of the best European artists even in the pre-war years, is striking. At the epicenter of the artist’s creative quest is the nature of the Carpathians and the elements of folk life: “Wedding”, “Breakfast”, “In the Forest”, “Sunny Moment”, “Mountains-Valleys”, etc. F. Manailo was a consultant on the filming of the film C Parajanov “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”, which, thanks to his contribution, acquired special expressiveness and ethnographic accuracy.
Lviv is distinguished by its spirit of experimentation and its attraction to the European cultural tradition. art school. If the Transcarpathian school is characterized by picturesque emotionality, then the Lviv school is characterized by a graphic manner of execution, sophistication and intellectuality. Obvious representatives of these trends of that time are the famous Ukrainian artists: Zinovy Flint (“Autumn”, “Indian Summer”, “Bach’s Melodies”, “Reflections”), Lyubomir Medved (the cycle “The First Collective Farms in the Lviv Region”, the triptych “Emigrants”, “ Fluidity of time”, etc.). The works of these masters in the portrait genre became a real achievement in art. Portraits of cultural figures by L. Medved (Lesya Ukrainka, S. Lyudkevich, N. Gogol, L. Tolstoy) attract attention with the originality of the manner of execution, the unexpectedness of the compositional structure, the depth and special sharpness of the images.
The original artist Valentin Zadorozhny (1921-1988) worked in different genres- monumental and easel painting, graphics, tapestry, wood carving. The artist used and creatively reinterpreted the best traditions of folk art, deeply understood the fundamentals national culture: the paintings “Marusya Churay”, “Ecumenical Dinner”, “Chuchinskaya Oranta”, “Daily Bread”, “And there will be a son and a mother...” and others captivate with their richness and contrasting juxtaposition of colors, expressive lines, lightness of rhythm, and decorative sound.
In the work of the artist Ivan Marchuk, different artistic directions and methods (from realism to surrealism and abstractionism); genres (portraits, still lifes, landscapes and original fantastic compositions similar to dreams). Tradition and innovation are intertwined in his paintings, all works have a deep spiritual basis: “Blossom”, “Blossoming Planet”, “Lost Music”, “Sprouting”, “The Voice of My Soul”, “The Last Ray”, “The Moon Has Rising Over the Dnieper” , “Monthly Night”, etc. Among the artist’s many works, the painting “Awakening” attracts attention, in which a face appears among the herbs and flowers beautiful woman, her fragile transparent hands. This is Ukraine, which is awakening from a long, heavy sleep.
Ukraine is rightfully proud of its folk artists: Maria Primachenko, Praskovya Vlasenko, Elizaveta Mironova, Ivan Skolozdra, Tatyana Pato, Fedor Pank, etc. At one time, P. Picasso was amazed by the works of M. Primachenko. She created her own world in which fantastic creatures and characters live folklore, the flowers seem to be endowed human soul(“Wedding”, “Holiday”, “Bouquet”, “Magpies - white-sided”, “Three grandfathers”, “A wild otter grabbed a bird”, “Threat of war” and others).
Art of the late 20th century
The end of the 20th century can be considered a time of a new beginning in the history of Ukrainian creative art. The formation of an independent state created a new cultural and creative situation in Ukraine. The principle of socialist realism became a thing of the past, Ukrainian artists began to work in conditions of creative freedom. Art exhibitions held at that time showed high creative possibilities Ukrainian fine art, its diversity, the coexistence of various directions, forms and means of expressing artistic ideas. Ukrainian fine art of the late 20th century. received the name “New Wave”, picking up the movement of the Ukrainian avant-garde of the 10-20s, but continuing to develop it in new conditions.
Contemporary Ukrainian artists and their paintings do not fit into the framework of any one style, direction or method. Masters of the older generation prefer traditional to realistic art. Abstractionism became widespread (Tibery Silvashi, Alexey Zhivotkov, Pyotr Malyshko, Oleg Tistol, Alexander Dubovik, Alexander Budnikov, etc.). And yet, the main feature of modern Ukrainian art is the combination of figurative and abstract methods of creativity (Viktor Ivanov, Vasily Khodakovsky, Oleg Yasenev, Andrey Bludov, Nikolay Butkovsky, Alexey Vladimirov, etc.).
New Ukrainian art
Contemporary Ukrainian art has been influenced by Western modernism. Surrealism (from the French "superrealism") is one of the main movements of the artistic avant-garde; it arose in France in the 20s. According to the main theorist of surrealism A. Breton, its goal is to resolve the contradiction between dream and reality. The ways to achieve this goal were varied: Ukrainian artists and their paintings depicted scenes devoid of logic with photographic precision, created fragments of familiar objects and strange creatures.
Op art (abbreviated English as optical art) is an abstract art movement that was popular in the West in the 60s. Op art works are based on the effects of visual illusion, while the selection of shapes and colors is aimed at creating optical illusion movements.
Pop art (abbreviated English popular art) arose in the USA and Britain under the influence of mass culture. The source of his images were popular comics, advertising and industrial products. The simultaneity of the plot in pop art painting is sometimes emphasized by technique, which is reminiscent of the effect of photography.
Conceptualism, conceptual art (from Latin thought, concept) - leading direction Western art of the 60s. According to its representatives, the idea (concept) underlying the work has intrinsic value and is placed above skill. A variety of means can be used to implement the concept: texts, maps, photographs, videos, and the like.
The work may be exhibited in a gallery or created 'on site', e.g. natural landscape, which sometimes becomes its component. At the same time, the image of the artist undermines the traditional idea of the status of the authors of art. In an installation, individual elements located within a given space form a single artistic whole and are often designed for a specific gallery. Such a work cannot be transferred to another place, since the surrounding environment is an equal part of it.
Performance (from English representation) is an artistic phenomenon closely related to dance and theatrical performance. The language of pop art is skillfully and often used in their works by such Ukrainian artists as Stepan Ryabchenko, Ilya Chichkan, Masha Shubina, Marina Talutto, Ksenia Gnilitskaya, Victor Melnichuk and others.
Ukrainian postmodernism
Assemblage is an introduction to three-dimensional non-art materials and so-called found objects - ordinary everyday objects. Derived from collage, a technique in which pieces of paper, fabric, etc. are mounted on a flat surface. The art of assemblage was originated by P. Picasso at the beginning of the 20th century; among Ukrainian artists, the assemblage technique was widely used by A. Archipenko, I. Ermilov, A. Baranov and others. Modern Ukrainian artists today creative process in Ukraine, by analogy with the West, they call it the era of postmodernism (that is, the era that came after modernism). Postmodernism in the fine arts resembles the intricately mixed fragments of all previous styles, directions and movements, in which it is pointless to look for at least the slightest manifestations of integrity. Ukrainian postmodernism is most often a borrowing, or even outright plagiarism, of Western models.
Provocative, vibrant and conceptual. What works of Ukrainian artists are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for?
Ivan Marchuk, Roman Minin, Mikhail Deyak. The Ukrainian art market has something to be proud of. From year to year, Ukrainian paintings are becoming increasingly popular among buyers at international auctions.
Maidan played an important role in the popularization of Ukrainian suchart. So, in the first year after the Revolution of Dignity, at Sotheby's auction in London, Ukrainian works were sold for a total of $101.8 thousand. Then, in 2014, Ukrainian artists for the first time took almost a third of all sales. And at the Phillips London auction - one One of the most famous auctions in the world - paintings by Ukrainian artists were sold for more than $360 thousand.
One of the most important shifts was the separation of Ukrainian art from Russian art into a special section of Contemporary East. Previously, Ukrainian lots were shown in the “Russian Sale” section.
In a commentary to Espresso, co-owner of the Golden Section auction house Mikhail Vasilenko explained that auctions are actually the only place where sales are recorded publicly and you can track who was sold and for how much.
Now in Ukraine there are more and more artists who sell well. And sometimes famous young authors even outperform the classics.
Tells about the most expensive works of Ukrainian artists and their authors.
Anatoly Krivolap
The most expensive paintings: "Horse. Night", $124 thousand and "Horse. Evening", $186.2 thousand.
The most successful contemporary Ukrainian artist is not only the most expensive artist in Ukraine, but also the first master whose works began to be sold abroad at such a price.
Anatoly Krivolap turned 70 this fall, but he does not stop creating and remains a regular participant in regional and international exhibitions, and also takes part in performances.
Crookedpaw is a master of non-figurative painting and landscape. His specialty is in his color combinations, which he says are " nerve cells", and form a sensation. He feels and reacts with colors, and it is by colors that the artist’s work is recognized.
But recognition did not immediately come to Crookedpaw. He searched for his own style for 20 years, but did not give up. Over 5 years - from 2010 to 2015 - 18 of his paintings were sold at international and Ukrainian auctions for an amount of almost $800 thousand.
In 2011, his work was auctioned by Phillips "Horse. Night" was sold for a record amount for Ukraine of $124 thousand.
And after 2 years he broke his own record: his canvas "Horse. Evening" went under the hammer for $186 thousand.
Remaining restrained in his lifestyle, Anatoly Krivolap this year established his own prize for young artists worth $5 thousand. With these funds, artists will have the opportunity to visit the best museums in the world.
Arsen Savadov
Most expensive painting: "The Sadness of Cleopatra", $150 thousand (co-authored with Georgy Senchenko)
Arsen Savadov is perhaps the most scandalous Ukrainian artist. At the same time, critics call him one of the key figures of modern Ukrainian art.
His painting created in the late 80s "The Sorrow of Cleopatra" in collaboration with Georgy Senchenko, became the starting point of a new period in Ukrainian art. This particular painting is the author’s most expensive work. At the Paris Fair in 1987, it was purchased by the Galerie de France for $150 thousand.
There are different interpretations of this painting. Some see in it a prophecy and a premonition of the revolution in Ukraine, others see it as a reaction to historical events, and someone is simply absurd.
Savadov is a conceptual artist. Therefore, the main thing in his works is meaning, not aesthetic pleasure. The artist’s most famous and at the same time most provocative projects are the “Donbass-Chocolate” and “Book of the Dead” series.
Vasily Tsagolov
Most expensive painting: "Who is Hearst Afraid of", $100 thousand.
Another Ukrainian artist whose works are quite popular. He became one of the first Kyiv artists who attracted the attention of Western collectors and curators.
In the 90s, he staged provocative performances throughout Europe. He shocked Ukraine with “Ukrainian X-files” and “Phantoms of Fear”.
Critics note the intellectuality and raw sensuality in his works.
Hero "Who's Hearst Afraid of?" became one of the most successful artists in the world today, Damien Hirst, whose work focuses on death and its philosophical rethinking.
Tsagolov’s work has become a kind of irony on the artist and a symbol of how commercial art dictates our lifestyle and tastes.
Alexander Roitburd
Most expensive painting: "Goodbye Caravaggio", $97.1 thousand.
Odessa resident Alexander Roitburd has been exhibiting his works in Europe and the USA since the late 80s. His paintings are stored not only in Ukrainian museums, but also in the New York Museum of Modern Art, in the museum in Durham (UK) and others.
Alexander Roitburd is considered one of the founders of Ukrainian postmodernism. He also takes part in various events and performances. His multi-genre works: painting, video, graphics, installation.
Job "Goodbye Caravaggio" was written after the abduction from Odessa Museum Western and Eastern art famous Caravaggio paintings"The Kiss of Judas, or the Taking of Christ into custody."
At the Phillips auction, his painting was purchased for $97.1 thousand.
Ilya Chichkan
The most expensive painting: "It", $79.5 thousand.
Chichkan is one of those Ukrainian artists whose works are most often exhibited abroad. He works in the genres of painting, video, installation and photography.
Ilya Chichkan was among those who, together with Savadov, founded the Paris Commune, an artistic group that opposed the Soviet legacy in culture and art.
Chichkan's works have been exhibited in leading galleries and museums in Europe, the USA and South America. He also took part in the San Paolo Biennale, the Johannesburg Biennale of Contemporary Art, the Prague Biennale, the European Manifesta Biennale and the like.
His most expensive work was a canvas "It", which was purchased in 2008 at a Phillips auction.
Oleg Tistol
Most expensive painting: "Coloring Book", $53.9 thousand.
Oleg Tistol is one of those Ukrainian artists whose works are most often sold at international auctions. A representative of Ukrainian neo-baroque, Tistol works in painting, photography, sculpture, and creates large-scale installations.
The artist is a representative of the Ukrainian " new wave"His works combine national and Soviet symbols, rethinking myths and stereotypes.
Tistol's works have been repeatedly sold at prestigious auctions around the world - Sotheby's, Christies, Phillips, Bonham's.
In 2013, his painting "Coloring" At the Phillips auction, she not only set her own record for the artist, but also became one of the top lots of the auction. The work was in the top five most successful along with Andy Warhol's "True Love", Jacob Kessey's "Untitled", Banksy's "Do Not Punish Yourself" and Gavin Turk's "Pink Che".
"Coloring" is painting work from the series "Southern Coast of Crimea". The painting was exhibited at the 31st Ukrainian Fashion Week. Visitors to the event painted the work with markers.
Ukrainian art is a new powerful impetus in the world of culture. The works of our artists are popular outside their homeland. We present to your attention a selection of those Ukrainian artists who are known and respected in the world.
Alexander Roitburd
Alexander Roitburd is a multifaceted personality, one of the most famous contemporary Ukrainian artists in the whole world. He was born in 1964 in Odessa. Now he is engaged not only in painting, but also in photography, video, and graphics.
His creations are even exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is his painting “Farewell, Caravaggio” that is considered the most expensive (97 thousand dollars) Ukrainian work of art.
Alexander Roitburd. Goodbye Caravaggio
Vasily Tsagolov
Another famous and respected Ukrainian artist all over the world is Vasily Tsagolov. He was born in Russia, but student years he lives and works in Kyiv.
One of his works, “Office Love 2,” was sold at auction by Phillips de Pury & Company in early June 2009 for $53,600.
He creates his masterpieces by combining mythology with popular culture, on the basic principles of modern postmodernism.
Vasily Tsagolov. Evander Holyfield - Van Gogh randomly
Alexander Gnilitsky
This Ukrainian artist, unfortunately, died in 2009. But he managed to present the culture of Ukraine at the 2007 Venice Biennale. Also, his paintings were exhibited in art galleries in Ukraine, Russia, Croatia, USA, France, Norway, Finland, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland.
Gnilitsky’s masterpieces are valued at a high price; for example, “Sky. Olegovskaya” was sold for $41,250.
Alexander Gnilitsky. Reflection in the dome
Yuri Senchenko
Yuri Senchenko is rightfully considered the patriarch of Ukrainian art. True, Senchenko mostly worked in tandem with Arsen Savadov. It's them big picture“The Sorrow of Cleopatra” is considered to be the starting point of new Ukrainian art.
His paintings were seen by art connoisseurs in Chicago, New York, Munich, Edinburgh, Moscow and many other foreign cities.
Yuri Senchenko, Arsen Savadov. Cleopatra's Sorrow
Arsen Savadov
Arsen Savadov, a Ukrainian artist in whom the KGB was at one time actively interested. On the territory of art, he now actively represents Ukrainian culture in Europe and America.
The artist tries to combine postmodernism with baroque culture in his paintings.
The artist’s greatest fame came from his provocative paintings “Donbass Chocolate” and “Book of the Dead.”
Arsen Savadov. Toys
Oleg Tistol
Continuing the list of world-famous Ukrainian artists, we must not forget about Oleg Tistol.
Among all Ukrainian artists, he is qualitatively different in his manner of painting, which is probably why he is so respected in Europe.
Among his outstanding works are: “Project of Ukrainian money. Roksolana”, “TV + Realism”, “U.Be. Ka”.
One of the most important projects in which Tistol participated is the 2014 exhibition “I am a drop in the ocean” Vienna Museum Künstlerhaus.
Oleg Tistol. Ukrainian money project. Roksolana
Ilya Chichkan
Ilya Chichkan is a bright representative of the new wave of Ukrainian art. His works are often exhibited in Ukrainian galleries.
His works are highly valued in Europe. One of his paintings, “It,” was sold in 2007 for $70,000.
Ilya Chichkan. From the life of insects
Ivan Marchuk
This artist is called a modern Ukrainian genius of art. The British even included him in the list of “100 modern geniuses” in 2007, in which, by the way, he is the only Ukrainian.
It was Ivan Marchuk who introduced a new method of drawing into art, which critics call plenticism.
Ivan Marchuk. Portrait of B. Mortar
Boris Mikhailov
Boris Mikhailov is the only Ukrainian artist who exhibited at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (2011). He is a member of the German Academy of Arts, a lecturer at Harvard University, and his works are in such famous collections as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Munich Pinakothek nouveau, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Mikhailov mainly became famous for photography, although he also draws. In particular, Mikhailov at one time shocked Ukrainians with paintings of naked men.
Boris Mikhailov. Naked Mikhailov
Maxim Mamsikov
His paintings, in addition to Ukraine, were seen by France, Germany and Russia. For some reason, Mamsikov’s creativity is not as highly valued in his homeland as, for example, in France.
In 2009, at the auction of Phillips de Pury & Company, his “Battleship” was bought for 35 thousand dollars.
Maxim Mamsikov. Untitled
Oksana Mas
Famous Odessa artist working in various genres. For example, Ukrainians could see her work “Virgin Mary” right on the street, which she compiled from 15 thousand Easter eggs.
Over the past two years, the artist has had a dozen foreign exhibitions, including in Zurich, Paris, London and Moscow.
At Sotheby's auction in 2009, one of Mas's paintings was bought for 55.2 thousand dollars.
Oksana Mas. Altar of Nations
Tiberius Silvasi
The painter Tiberiy Silvashi is a bright representative of Ukrainian contemporary art. He constantly experiments and displays his results to the public.
Contemporaries consider Silvashy to be the leader of the school of Ukrainian abstractionists.
Tiberius Silvasi. Display
Gritsya Erde
A very young, very talented and very ambitious girl who creates mainly fantasy collages with subtext, but also does graphics and drawing. Right now Gritsya Erde is holding her own exhibition in Berlin, Germany.
The young artist also makes covers and illustrations for books and albums of Ukrainian singers.
Gritsya Erde. Horror inspires
Oleg Golosiy
This artist did not have time to be an artist of independent Ukraine for long, because in 1993 he died at the age of 28. But for my short life he managed to take part in exhibitions in England, Germany, France, and Russia.
Anatoly Krivolap
The most expensive work by Anatoly Krivolap "Horse. Evening" was sold at Phillips London on June 28, 2013 for $186,000.
The artist mainly paints landscapes and experiments with color. He recently opened two personal exhibitions in Kyiv in the Triptych ART and Mironova Gallery galleries.
Anatoly Krivolap. Evening
Victor Sidorenko
Bright and expressive - this is what his works are called. Victor Sidorenko is a candidate of art history and professor at the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts, as well as the founder of the Institute of Contemporary Art.
His last painting, “Untitled,” from the series Reflection into the unknown, was sold at a British auction for $32,800.
Victor Sidorenko. Energy flow
Nikita Kadan
Another young, but very talented and world-famous Ukrainian artist.
Nikita Kadan only for recent years there were 4 personal exhibitions, of which only one was held in Ukraine. In addition, he has about 50 group exhibitions abroad. Even New York knows his name.
Nikita Kadan. The Rape of Europa.
Vinnie Reunov
Konstantin "Vinny" Reunov was born and spent his childhood in Ukraine. Then he started moving constantly. But still he returned to his homeland.
His canvases hang even in the UK, in the Saatchi Gallery. Last summer, Vinny presented the project “Made in Ukraine” at the Kyiv gallery “Karas”.
Vinnie Reunov. THIS CULTURAL NOVELTY WILL CHANGE THE WAY HIGH-EXCLUSIVE ART IS PRESENTED TO MASS AUDIENCE
Andrey Sagaidakovsky
Shy but talented Lviv artist. Once upon a time, he painted on canvas like everyone else, knowing where to get it for next to nothing. But then the point closed. Sagaidakovsky could not come to terms with this, because the love of art flows in his blood. Then he began to paint on carpets and mats.
It was this drawing technique that brought Mr. Andrey fame throughout the world.
Andrey Sagaidakovsky. Conversations
Ivan Semesyuk
Ivan Semesyuk is the first artist in Ukraine who began painting in the “redneck art” style. And immediately his paintings scattered throughout Ukraine and the world.
He became the chairman of the union of free artists "Will or Death".
His works have participated in more than 80 exhibitions. Semesyuk's paintings were exhibited in France, Norway, Poland, and Russia.
Ivan Semesyuk. Portrait of Nestor Makhno
Vlada Ralko
Vlada Ralko is an expressive Ukrainian artist, without whose works not a single exhibition in Ukraine is complete.
Her creations have their own specific style and charm. They are distinguished by their bright, “stable” color. Vlada Ralko tries to show her feelings and thoughts about the world around her through paintings.
Vlad Ralko. Inside
Nikolay Matsenko
Nikolay Matsenko is an artist who never forgets his roots. He was born in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. All his works are imbued with nationality and childhood memories. Matsenko mainly makes carpets and coats of arms.
The artist claims that thanks to coats of arms he realizes himself, and carpets are his memories from childhood.
Nikolay Matsenko. Not yet... (Sketch of the Great Coat of Arms)
Alexander Voytovych
Sasha Voitovich is a true connoisseur of female nature; it is not without reason that the main theme of his works is a woman and her body.
The Lviv artist has repeatedly exhibited not only at group foreign exhibitions, but also at personal ones. In particular, in Hungary and several cities in Spain.
And in 2009 he opened his own gallery.
Alexander Voytovych. Summer Time
Igor Gusev
Once upon a time, back in the early 90s, Odessa artist Igor Gusev drew illustrations for magazines, zodiac signs and naked girls.
But with the end of the “hard” years, the artist’s work also changed. It became serious and balanced. For example, in 2013, at the Dymchuk Gallery, Gusev presented his paintings with retro images.
In 2012, at a London auction, Igor Gusev’s painting “Club 27 Emmys” was sold for $19,500.
Igor Gusev. Snow simulator. inner voice
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A portal dedicated to one of the most famous Ukrainian artists, whose works are popular not only in Ukraine, but are also in museums and private collections in many countries around the world. Her paintings cannot be confused with any others, they are so charming and unique. Chubby, rosy-cheeked and snub-nosed children will not leave anyone indifferent, and, at a minimum, will make you smile. On this site you can independently evaluate the works of Eugenia Gapchinska and look at booklets with her paintings.
http://www.gapart.com/
If you are a fan of the abstract art style, then you will certainly like the works of this Ukrainian artist. Visit the site, go to the menu “Creativity” - “Painting” and enjoy contemporary art. But a talented person is talented in everything, right? So don’t miss the opportunity to look at other types of art in which the author succeeded, and these are wall painting, painting of walls, facades and pools, design of objects and premises, graphics and sculpture.
http://www.igormarchenko.com/
You can view the works of the world famous Kyiv modernist artist Peter Lebedynets on this portal. The "About the Author" menu item will give you general idea about the artist himself, his awards, public museums and private collections around the world where his paintings are located. The “Gallery” item contains the author’s works of art in the modernist style, under which information such as title, material, type of paint, canvas size and year of painting are indicated.
http://www.lebedynets.com/ru/home.html
See works of contemporary Ukrainian artists on this portal. Here you can see works in a variety of techniques: oil and watercolor painting, icon painting, lacquer miniature, artistic embroidery, batik, graphics and even photography. If you are an artist, then, following certain design rules, you can submit an application and place several of your paintings or your familiar authors among the guest pages of the site. In the site directory you can go to other useful art resources.
http://artbazar.com.ua/first.php
There are a lot of people living in Ukraine talented artists, whose work is truly worthy of attention. One of these authors is Andrey Kulagin, whose website we invite you to visit. The artist paints oil paintings in the styles of realism and surrealism, and can also boast of good graphic works. In addition to fine art, you can read Andrey’s articles on the topic of cultural studies, which he posts on his portal, and read the author’s biography.
http://kulagin-art.com.ua/
Do you want to get acquainted with the works of modern Ukrainian painters? Visit this portal! It is a large-scale gallery of paintings with clear and convenient site navigation. Here you can search for artists by country. The search results are sorted by user rating on the site, by city of residence, alphabetically, or by the date of registration of the artist - you choose which method is more convenient for you in order to quickly find the author you are interested in.
http://www.picture-russia.ru/country/2
If you are interested modern painting oil, then you will probably be interested in looking at the paintings of this Ukrainian artist who works in unique technology picturesque mosaic. Dmitry's paintings are in collections different countries Europe. Using the links in the left menu of the site you can see all the information you are interested in. For convenience, all works are sorted into different headings in accordance with the topic. The author's biography and contact information can be found there.
http://www.ddobrovolsky.com/ru/Sergey Vasilkovsky(1854-1917) - one of the leading Ukrainian artists of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. He was born onKharkov region in the family of a clerk. He received his initial creative skills from his parents and grandfather. His father revealed to him the beauty and expressiveness of calligraphy, his mother - love for folk songs and folklore, and his grandfather, a descendant of a Cossack family, instilled in his grandson an interest in ancient Ukrainian customs and traditions.
The environment and surroundings contributed to the fact that Sergei early childhood began to appear creative nature: He was fond of music, sang and drew. The boy received more thorough knowledge of drawing at the Second Kharkov Gymnasium from the gymnasium drawing teacher Dmitry Bezperchy, a student of Karl Bryullov himself. He did various sketches, and even drew caricatures of his teachers, for which he apparently got into trouble.Since his parents, people of old views and traditions, saw the future well-being of their son in public service, then at the insistence of his father, young Sergei entered the Kharkov Veterinary School. After two years of studying at the school, he left it and went to work as a clerical employee in the Kharkov Treasury. This unloved activity weighed heavily on the creative personality, and Sergei told his father that he was leaving his job and leaving for St. Petersburg to enter the Academy of Arts. To which the father replied: if he leaves his position, then let him know that he does not have a father, since he will no longer consider him a son. Despite a letter with a “curse” from his father, 22-year-old Sergei left his government position and in 1876 entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.Vasilkovsky will study at the academy for nine years. First, he attends general classes, and then goes to the landscape workshop of academicians Mikhail Klodt and Vladimir Orlovsky. He had little money and, feeling the need, was forced to earn a living: either working as a “retoucher” in light painting, or copying drawings for sale.
Despite financial difficulties, his studies at the academy went quite successfully, and after three years Sergei Ivanovich received a small silver medal for a landscape sketch from life, and after another two years, a second small silver medal.
His great artistic talent progressed more and more in the subsequent years of his studies.
In 1883, all summer, Sergei Ivanovich worked a lot in Ukraine, drawing original landscape sketches, full of creative inspiration and youthful romance: “Spring in Ukraine”, “In Summer”, “Stone Beam”, “On the Outskirts” and others, with the intention of representing them to compete for a gold medal at an academic exhibition.
Next year, for the painting “Morning” Vasilkovsky receives a small gold medal. And a year later, for completing the diploma work of art“On the Donets”, is awarded a large gold medal, and receives the right to travel abroad as a pensioner of the academy.
At that time, this word did not mean elderly people, but talented young people who were sent to study abroad for many years, paying them a significant stipend (“pension”).
"Spring in Ukraine"
"On the Outskirts"
"Morning"
In March 1886, Vasilkovsky went on a retirement trip to Western Europe - France, England, Spain, Italy and Germany. When I worked and studied in France, I became close to the “Barbizonians,” whose work created a feeling of high spirits in the viewer and made them see poetry and real beauty in the surrounding nature.During his European tour, the Ukrainian artist creates delightful landscape works: “Morning in Besançon”, “Bois de Boulogne in winter”, “Partridge hunting in Normandy”, “Typical Breton manor”, “View in the Pyrenees”, “After the rain (Spain) ", "Neighborhoods of San Sebastiano", " Winter evening in the Pyrenees" and others.
"Morning in Besançon"
After a business trip abroad, Sergei Ivanovich settled in Kharkov and, full of creative energy, undertook trips to his native Ukrainian villages and steppes.
With his artistic strokes of the brush, he creates delightful Ukrainian lyrical-epic landscapes: “Chumatsky Romodanovsky Way”, “Village Street”, “Sunset in Autumn”, “Winter Evening”, “Herd on the Outskirts of the Village”, “Mills” and many others .
"Chumatsky Romodanovsky Way"
"Village Street"
"Mills"
The Ukrainian realist artist also painted on historical topic, in which he glorified the glorious Ukrainian Cossacks: “Cossack Picket”, “Cossack on Reconnaissance”, “Watchmen of Zaporozhye Liberties” (“Cossacks in the Steppe”), “On Guard”, “Cossack Levada”, “Cossack Mountain”, “Cossack Field” ", "Cossack on patrol", "Cossack in the steppe. Warning signs", "Cossack and girl", "Campaign of the Cossacks" and large number others.
"Cossack picket"
Watchmen of Zaporozhye liberties"
"Cossack Levada"
Vasilkovsky’s creativity was not limited only to landscapes and historical paintings - he also worked in the genre portrait painting. Of a number of portraits, one of the most famous is the portrait of the Ukrainian Moses - Taras Shevchenko.The artist demonstrated high professional artistic skill in monumental genre- he painted the recognized masterpiece of Ukrainian modernism: the Poltava provincial zemstvo.
In total, during his 35-year creative careeryu activity Sergei Vasilkovsky created more than 3000 paintings. In addition, he is the author of the albums “From Ukrainian Antiquity” (1900) and “Motives of Ukrainian Ornaments” (1912), on which he worked together with another famous Ukrainian artist Mykola Samokish.