Ukrainian Artists

Volodymyr Orlovskyi

1842–1914

Volodymyr Orlovskyi was one of the most outstanding landscape painters of the second half of the 19th century. His contemporaries called him “a star of the first magnitude on a par with Aivazovskyi,” “a seeker of sunlight,” and “an incomparable celebrator of southern nature.”

Serhii Svitoslavskyi

1857–1931

Serhii Ivanovych Svitoslavskyi (October 6, 1857, Kyiv – September 19, 1931, Kyiv) was an outstanding Ukrainian landscape painter and a master of color. He was a member of the Peredvizhniki Society from 1891 to 1900. He was born into a noble family. In 1870, he enrolled in the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, where he studied until 1882 under Alexei Savrasov, Vasily Perov, Evgraf Sorokin, Ilarion Pryanishnikov, and Vasily Polenov. He began exhibiting in 1884 at exhibitions organized by the Society for Itinerant Art Exhibitions. In his later work, most of his paintings were dedicated to the nature of Ukraine, views of the Dnipro River, and Kyiv. He created landscapes featuring genre and animalistic scenes. In 1900, he was awarded a bronze medal at the World’s Fair in Paris for his painting “The Courtyard.”

Modest Sosenko

1875–1920

Modest Danylovych Sosenko (April 28, 1875, Porohy, Austro-Hungarian Empire – February 4, 1920, Lviv, West Ukrainian People’s Republic) was a prominent Ukrainian monumentalist whose work is characterized by a synthesis of ancient traditions and modern European trends. His style is often described as a synthetic style or Ukrainian Art Nouveau in sacred art.

Olena Kulchytska

1887–1967

A Ukrainian artist working in various fields[3] of graphic art, painting, and carpet weaving, as well as an educator. People’s Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1956). Member of the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR during its 3rd and 4th convocations. Author of over 4,000 works of art that have become part of the golden fund of Ukrainian book illustration (“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign,” “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors,” “Lys Mykyta,” and the three-volume work by ethnographer Stefanyk). A pioneer of children’s book illustration in Ukraine.

Havrylo Hliuk

1912–1983

Petro Sulymenko

1914–1996

Petro Stepanovych Sulymenko (1914–1996) was a Ukrainian painter, landscape artist, and creator of thematic paintings. He was named an Honored Artist of Ukraine in 1974. He studied at the Kyiv Art Institute (1939–1947) under O. Shovkunenko. He traveled extensively. His most significant works are dedicated to the heroic deeds of naval soldiers on the fronts of World War II and during the October Revolution. Husband of artist Z. Zatsepina. He lived and worked in Kyiv.

Marfa Tymchenko

1922–2009

Marfa Tymchenko (1922–2009) was a Ukrainian artist. She was born in the village of Petrykivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. She graduated from the two-year school of Petrykivka painting (1938). She studied at the Kyiv Art School of Masters of Folk Decorative Art (1938–1941). She worked at the Korosten Porcelain Factory (1940–1941); as a monumental artist in the folk art department of the Institute of Art Industry at the Academy of Architecture (1944–1947); as a textile artist at the Union of Artists of Ukraine (UAU) and in the Khudoprom artel (1947–1954). Member of the UAU (since 1950). In 1954, she was invited to the Kyiv Experimental Ceramics and Porcelain Factory as an artist, where she worked for 33 years. An active participant in exhibitions within the USSR and abroad (since 1947). Recipient of numerous orders, medals, and certificates.

Volodymyr Sydoruk

1925–1997

Volodymyr Sydoruk (1925–1997) – Ukrainian painter. He graduated from the Kyiv Art School (1938), where he studied under I. Khvorostetskyi and Y. Kyianchenko. He participated in exhibitions (beginning in 1954). Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1957). Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1985). During his lifetime, the artist held 12 solo exhibitions. He worked primarily in the genres of landscape, still life, and thematic painting. The artist’s works are held in museums in Ukraine, as well as in private collections and galleries in Ukraine, Russia, Japan, and Europe.

Yurii Yehorov

1926–2008

An outstanding Ukrainian artist, painter, and monumentalist, and one of the leading figures and key representatives of the Odesa School of Painting in the second half of the 20th century.s well as graphic art, and created tapestries, ceramics, stained glass, and mosaics.

Vladyslav Mamsikov

1940–2020

A renowned Ukrainian artist and master of tonal painting. In 1956, he enrolled in art school. From 1958 to 1963, he studied at the Kyiv Art Institute (NAOMA) under K. Trokhimenko, V. Kostetsky, and I. Shtylman. Since 1971, he has been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Vladislav Mamsikov belongs to a group of artists who rejected academicism in painting; in the 1960s, he was one of the most consistent adherents of the “austere style”; in the 1970s, he was a romantic and metaphysician. His works are held in museum collections (the Museum of the History of Kyiv, the Museum of Modern Visual Arts of Ukraine, the Kharkiv Art Museum, the Dnipropetrovsk State Art Museum, and the Zaporizhzhia State Art Museum) and in private collections around the world.

Yevhen Hordiiets

b. 1952

Yevhen Hordiiets is a Ukrainian surrealist artist. He was born in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast. He graduated from the Kyiv State Art Institute (1971–1977), where he studied under O. Lopukhov; and the Creative Workshop of the USSR Academy of Arts in Kyiv (1978–1982), where his supervisor was S. Grigoriev. He worked at the “Artist” Creative and Production Association (1977–1991). Lecturer at the Kyiv State Art Institute (1977–1978). Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1979). Graduate student at the Creative Workshops of the Academy of Arts of the USSR in Kyiv (1978–1982). Participant in republican, all-Union, and international exhibitions (since 1977), including in Paris (1989), New York (1995), Scottsdale, and Nantucket (2001). First prize for his diploma work at the All-Union Diploma Exhibition in Vilnius (1977), First prize at the Republican Exhibition (Kyiv, 1982). Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1986). His works are held in the National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery,” the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the Cologne Museum of Modern Art, and others. Yevhen Hordiiets’ works have been sold at international auctions, and in 1990, one of his works graced the cover of a Christie’s catalog. He has lived in the United States since 1991.

Yurii Klapoukh

b. 1963

Yuriy Klapoukh was born on March 12, 1963, in the city of Uman, Cherkasy Oblast. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation Engineering School, majoring in “Aircraft and Power Plants.” His archive contains many works in various genres, but his main focus is on classical realist landscapes and portraits, as well as genre scenes depicting rural life.

Yurii & Khrystyna Todoruk

b. 2000

Yurii and Khrystyna Todoruk, artists from the Carpathian region, create works inspired by Hutsul traditions. Yurii was born in 2000, and Khrystyna was born in 2001. Both artists graduated from the Kosiv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts at the Lviv National Academy of Arts.