Ukrainian artists of the 18th and 19th centuries. Contemporary Ukrainian artists

Receiving more and more orders to print reproductions of world works, we asked ourselves: “What famous paintings were painted by our compatriots?” You will be surprised by the results - some of the paintings you definitely didn’t know about!

It so happens that the work of contemporary Ukrainian artists is better known in Europe and America, and in their native country only rare connoisseurs of painting recognize their work. We decided that, if you don’t know our heroes by sight, then at least know their most famous works, which are admired all over the world. Since we cannot objectively judge the beauty of paintings and the skill of the author, we will evaluate contemporary artists by their popularity, financial success and the scale of their exhibitions around the world.

We have selected 10 best, in our opinion, paintings by Ukrainian artists, whose work you may not have heard of or did not know about their origin. In this article we will talk about modern masters, whose works are sold for tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips auctions.

Aivazovsky "The Ninth Wave" . This is one of his most famous works, and he himself is one of the most famous marine painters not only in our country, but throughout the world, and we want to start our list with him.

. “A talented person is talented in everything” - this can absolutely be said about the most famous Ukrainian in the whole world. A poet and writer - he was also an excellent painter and the painting “Katerina” is proof of this. The work illustrates one of the scenes from the poem of the same name, fully conveying Shevchenko’s feelings and experiences.

Yes, yes, Repin... For reference: the artist was born in the small town of Chuguev (Kharkov province), knew the history of Ukraine sufficiently, and when creating his famous work, as he himself said, he was in a “creative binge.” According to the recollections of his relatives, while working on the picture the whole family lived only as Cossacks: the children knew all the heroes of the stories about the Cossacks, they could recite by heart the lines from “Taras Bulba” and the text from the Cossacks’ letter to the Sultan.

The most famous and expensive Ukrainian artist of our time, whose work was auctioned at Phillips in 2013 for a record $186,200 for Ukrainian painting.

Today, Krivolap continues to hold the position of the most “expensive” contemporary artist in Ukraine.

One of the founders of Ukrainian postmodernism glorified our country with his talented works at art exhibitions around the world; his works take pride of place in the Museum of Modern Art (New York). Goodbye Caravaggio sold for $97,179 in 2009.

His outrageous installations and projects brought him fame all over the world; his most popular and recognizable works involve the representation of famous people in the form of monkeys. The painting “It” brought him not only popularity, but also considerable profit - in 2008 it was sold for $70,000.

The master of “paintings with double meanings” never ceases to amaze with his artistic puzzles and optical illusions. The author's works have been presented at many exhibitions of contemporary painting in Europe and America. And let's be honest, it was difficult for us to single out one picture - they are simply mesmerizing!

The author continues to live and work in Kiev, and his paintings have been participating in exhibitions in Poland, Russia, France, Germany, Finland and other European cities for more than 20 years, and are presented in the collections of museums in Ukraine and in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna). His unusual works are laconically signed, but clearly reveal the master’s talent. “Work No. 5” is perhaps the most famous painting, but we advise you to review other, no less profound works of the artist.

The top lot at Sotheby's Contemporary East in 2014 became the most expensive Ukrainian painting at auction and went under the hammer for $31,400. You definitely won’t be able to tear yourself away - the painting seems to be “addicting.”

The modern Ukrainian artist is a key figure in the “Ukrainian New Wave”; he attracted the attention of the world community with his project “Ukrainian Money”. “Coloring Book” was auctioned at Phillips for $53.9 thousand. The subtle connoisseur of contemporary art wished to remain anonymous.

Our Top 10 are famous works that are worth a fortune, found in private collections and reputable art galleries, but thanks to modern printing capabilities, reproductions of masterpieces are available to everyone. In our catalogs you will find these images for printing on canvas, which were painted by modern Ukrainian artists. Discover the beauty of the works of our famous compatriots.

One of the most popular areas of collecting in Ukraine is Soviet painting of the second half of the 20th century, i.e. from 1945 to 1989. If you look at the statistics of thefts in domestic regional museums, paintings from this period are stolen most often - and not by chance.

Thanks to the practice of forming museum collections carried out by the Soviet Union of Artists and the State Fund, even small regional museums can boast of interesting collections.

At least, in almost every regional museum you can see the works of the “stars” of Soviet painting, like Sergei Shishko, Nikolai Glushchenko, Sergei Grigoriev, Tatyana Yablonskaya and others.

Perhaps this is why small museums with good collections become relatively easy targets for thieves - over the past 10 years, 40 regional museums have been robbed.

Experts say that it is impossible to sell stolen work. At the same time, art dealers admit that paintings of criminal origin are still sold - they say, they are bought by collectors who ordered thieves to get a specific canvas by a specific artist from a specific museum. The attractiveness of a painting from the Soviet period is determined primarily by the name of its author.

With the help of gallerists and dealers, “Ukrainian Truth Life” compiled the top 10 most expensive artists on the Ukrainian market of the second half of the 20th century (the prices listed are the “estimate,” i.e., the lower limit from which the auction begins. These names have not lost in value even in times of crisis, and, according to gallery owners, collectors always appreciate them.

Andrey Kotska

People's Artist of the USSR, student of Erdeli. A unique calling card of the artist is a series of female portraits of “Hutsul women” and “Verkhovinkas”. His style is recognizable, but many of his paintings repeat the same motifs, opening the door for the sale of stolen paintings or fakes. During 2006-2007, several of his works were stolen from museums and private collections.

Hutsul woman in a red scarf - 8-10 thousand dollars (April 2010)

Verkhovinka V red scarf - 12-17 one thousand dollars ( s eNovember 2009)

Currently, 4 paintings by Kotsky are being sought: “Verkhovinki” (80x60, oil, canvas), “Mountain Village” (60x80, oil, canvas), “Girl” (50x40, oil, canvas) and “Flowers in a Vase” (96x105, oil, canvas.

Sergey Grigoriev

People's Artist of the USSR, twice awarded the Stalin Prize.His small work will cost between 7-8 thousand dollars.Grigoriev's paintings are found mainly in metropolitan museums like the National Art Museum of Ukraine or the Tretyakov Gallery or in private collections.There are no works by Grigoriev on the wanted list - his paintings stored in museums are too recognizable (for example, “Admission to the Komsomol”, “Discussion of the deuce”, “Goalkeeper”, etc.).

Young teacher - 8-11 thousand dollars

P and oner - 11 one thousand dollars

There were precedents for possible fakes “under Grigoriev.For example, Grigoriev’s work “Quiet Backwater” was called a fake by his grandson Ivan Grigoriev in June 2004.According to Ivan Grigoriev, presentedonI grandfather’s work was very reminiscent of Levitan’s landscape “At the dried pond» .

Isaac Levitan "Shrunken Pond"

Sergey Grigoriev "Quiet Backwater"

Fedor Zakharov
People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. Master of landscapes, marine painter. He worked in the south of Ukraine - his paintings depict an area that is relatively poorly represented by other masters. He died in 1994, meaning the works could have been purchased directly from him, which reduces the likelihood of forgeries. Zakharov's paintings are not listed as wanted.

Last snow - $15,000 (April 2009)
1976, oil on canvas, 64 x 94 cm

Marina in Mysovoy - 22-25 thousand dollars (April 2010)
1980, oil on canvas, 58 x 123 cm

Tatiana Yablonskaya
People's Artist of the USSR, student of Krichevsky. The best works are in large museums - among the most famous are “Bread”, “Wedding”, “Youth” and others. It is characterized by a recognizable hand and a wide range of topics.

In addition, Yablonskaya donated many works, so new, previously unknown works of hers are constantly appearing on the market. After the incident at the exhibition “Ukrainian painting 1945-1989. From private collections” (2004), in which the artist’s family expressed doubts about the authenticity of four of Yablonskaya’s works, prices for her works fell. Since 2004, only her daughter Gayane Atayan has been involved in the examination of Yablonskaya’s works.

Summer day - 13-17 thousand dollars
1978, oil on canvas, 55.5 x 59.5 cm

In a forest clearing - 20-30 thousand dollars
1959, oil on canvas, 65 x 65 cm

Currently, five paintings by Yablonskaya are being sought: “Interior with a shelf” (49x54, cardboard, tempera), « Red corner" (50x61, cardboard, tempera), « Autumn window" (60x80, oil on canvas), two works from the series "Interiors of Polesie" (49x70, cardboard, tempera and 49x59, cardboard, tempera).

Joseph Bokshay
An artist of the Transcarpathian school, known for landscapes and genre works. Worked together with Adalbert Erdely. The starting price of paintings at auctions ranges from $20,000.

On the Internet, Bokshai’s oil painting, measuring 50x70, is sold for $10,000, while a pastel work starts at $3,000. If you follow the auction trades, you will notice that the paintings of this artist have increased slightly in price.

Autumn trees over Lake Synevyr - 25-30 thousand dollars (September 2009)
1950s, oil on canvas, 85 x 60 cm

On my way - 35-40 thousand dollars (April 2010)
1956, oil on canvas, 68 x 95 cm

Currently, five paintings by Bokshai are being sought: “Vorochanskaya Rock on the Uzh River” (95x115, oil on canvas), “Girl” (60x80, oil on canvas), “Madonna and Child” (87x82, oil on canvas), “Nevitsky Castle” (100x120, oil on canvas), “Field with red poppies” (60x80, oil on canvas).

Alexey Shovkunenko

People's Artist of the USSR. Known primarily as the author of still lifes and industrial landscapes in oils, his watercolors are also known. The artist's calling card is landscapes and still lifes with roses. His work is not wanted.

Bouquet of roses - 30-40 thousand dollars
1970s, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm

Valentina Tsvetkova

People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. Traveled a lot. Her paintings are interesting due to their combination of the canons of academic Soviet painting and “exotic” themes - Cannes, Nice, North Africa. Her work is not wanted.

Bouquet of flowers on the windowsill - 25-30 thousand dollars
1950s, oil on canvas, 83 x 114 cm

Spring morning - 40-50 thousand dollars
1961, oil on canvas, 200 x 100 cm

Adalbert Erdeli

Master Western Ukrainian painting, founder of the art school of this region, teacher of Bokshay.

The name of Erdeli is associated with a criminal story caused by rising prices for the works of this artist. In September 2004, robbers attacked the artist’s widow’s premises and took away 48 paintings. The total value of the stolen items is $1 million. And one human life - during the robbery, 88-year-old Magdalena Erdeli died of a heart attack.

Shepherdess - 45-65 thousand dollars
1930s, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm

Sergey Shishko

People's Artist of the USSR, student of Fyodor Krichevsky. He painted mainly landscapes of Kyiv - pre-war and post-war. Prices for his works increase in proportion to the size of the canvas - this is easy to notice from the starting price.

Rumor has it that Dmitry Tabachnik*** has a good collection of Shishko’s works. They also say that this artist was deliberately “promoted” on the domestic art market.

The co-owners of the Golden Section auction house speak about this in particular: “Tabachnik has one of the largest collections of paintings by Shishko in Ukraine - he participated in the promotion of this artist, we can thank him for the fact that Shishko has increased in price.

Autumn. Askold's grave - 40-50 thousand dollars
1947, oil on cardboard, 50.5 x 58 cm

View of Ayu-Dag - $70,000
1956, oil on canvas, 53.5 x 79 cm

Currently, 4 paintings by Shyshko are being sought: “Winter Study” (37.5 x 52, oil on canvas), “Winter Morning” (55 x 45, oil on canvas), “On the Top of the Carpathians (85 x 67, 5, oil on canvas),” Autumn in Goloseevo “(80x100, oil on canvas).

Nikolay Glushchenko
People's Artist of the USSR. Glushchenko is one of the most popular Ukrainian artists of the Soviet period on the domestic market. His target audience is local consumers - outside the Ukrainian borders only the genre works of this artist may be of interest.

Prices for Glushchenko’s paintings are invariably high, their fluctuations depending, in particular, on the size of the work, as in the case of Shishko. A painting “one meter by one and a half” will cost about $100,000.

Glushchenko's style is close to French impressionism. His works can be perceived as an alternative that is an order of magnitude more expensive than the works of the French impressionists.

First green - 70-90 thousand dollars
1971, oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm

Vladimirskaya Gorka - 90-120 thousand dollars
1953, oil on canvas, 100x130

Currently three works by Glushchenko are being sought: “Barges” (44.5 x 65, cardboard, oil), “Snowy Road” (70 x 99, oil on canvas), “Forest” (37.5 x 54, oil on canvas).

Prices for paintings from this “ten” are determined, first of all, by the name of the artist - but interesting Ukrainian painting of the second half of the 20th century is not limited to the works of only these authors.

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If you are a fan of the abstract art style, then you will certainly like the works of this Ukrainian artist. Visit the website, go to the menu “Creativity” - “Painting” and enjoy modern 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.

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 a general idea of ​​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.

See works of contemporary Ukrainian artists on this portal. Works in a variety of techniques are presented here: oil and watercolor painting, icon painting, lacquer miniatures, 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.

There are a lot of talented artists living in Ukraine, whose works are 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.

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If you are interested in modern oil painting, then you will probably be interested in taking a look at the paintings of this Ukrainian artist, who works in a unique technique of pictorial mosaic. Dmitry's paintings are in collections in different European countries. 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.

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 showed him the beauty and expressiveness of calligraphic writing, his mother showed him a love of 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’s creative character began to manifest itself from early childhood: he was interested in 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 made 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 their son’s future well-being in public service, 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 subsequent years of study.

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”, “Summer”, “Stone Beam”, “On the Outskirts” and others, with the intention of representing them to compete for a gold medal at an academic exhibition.

The following year, Vasilkovsky received a small gold medal for the painting “Morning”. And a year later, for completing his diploma work “On the Donets”, he was awarded a large gold medal and received 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) ", "Vicinities 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, traveled around 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 paintings on a historical theme, 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 a large number of 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 of portraiture. Of a number of portraits, one of the most famous is the portrait of the Ukrainian Moses - Taras Shevchenko.The artist also showed high professional artistic skill in the 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.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Ukrainian painting developed in those directions that became fundamental in Europe. Ukraine at that time was part of the Russian Empire, so “Ukrainian” artists were perceived as “Russian”. This tradition developed, however, much earlier. The greatest Russian painter of the 19th century, Ilya Repin, came from the Kharkov province, and in his work he reflected both Ukrainian history and the landscapes of Ukraine. Painting in Ukraine of the twentieth century, thus, developed in line with Russian classical art.

What Ukrainian painting of the 19th century was like, which prepared the ground for the century that followed, can be judged from the creative biography of S. I. Vasilkovsky, a Ukrainian landscape and portrait painter who died in the revolutionary year of 1917. He came from a real Cossack family, his grandfather was a Chumak - a Cossack merchant.

His father served as a clerk, and his calligraphic skill is believed to have been Vasilkovsky’s first impression, which prompted him to take up painting. Vasilkovsky studied at the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts, where he met many Russian artists, present (his teachers) and future.

At an early stage, he begins to create landscape works while traveling around his native Ukraine. At the same time, he gets acquainted with the works of Gogol, Kotlyarevsky and Taras Shevchenko, which impressed him very much. And in 1886 he took a trip to Europe, where he became acquainted with European art.

On the advice of artists Orlovsky and Pokhitonov, who then lived in Paris, he improves his skills and exhibits his works at the Paris Salon, one of the most prestigious exhibitions in the world. In subsequent years, Vasilkovsky exhibits his works both in cities of Russia and Ukraine (Kharkov, Kyiv).

Such was the painting of the 19th century in Ukraine, which can be characterized as Russian artistic thought, studying the nature and history of Ukraine. I. Trush, Orlovsky, K. Kostandi and other Russian-Ukrainian masters of painting worked in this direction. In the twentieth century, the tradition of senior realist artists was continued by M. Deregus, O. Dovgal and others.

Ukrainian avant-garde

However, painting in Ukraine of the twentieth century mastered European avant-garde movements, which gave masters rich food for thought and creativity.

• Let's start with the fact that Kazimir Malevich, perhaps the most famous artist of the Russian avant-garde, came from Ukraine. Modern experts call his work rather weak, and his now famous “canvases” are called nakedly shocking. That’s how it is, but at the same time Malevich gave a very extensive interpretation to his “squares”. So, about “Red Square” he said that it is “the picturesque realism of a peasant woman in two dimensions.” The square in Suprematism, which Malevich promoted in his work, is interpreted as an image of the purest existence, free from matter and from any associations.

• The most prominent representative of the Ukrainian avant-garde is considered to be A.K. Bogomazov. He presented his understanding of avant-garde art, about which he wrote several treatises. In his treatise “Painting and Elements,” he discussed the interaction of the basic elements of the image with each other and the interaction of the Artist, the Painting and the Viewer.” At the same time, in his own work, Bogomazov focuses on cubo-futurism, and later on spectralism. Most of Bogomazov’s works, regardless of direction, are distinguished by their unusual and to a certain extent “childish”, naive use of paints. His “Portrait of a Daughter” is interesting, in which he attempts to depict a person in motion.

• Bogomazov's futuristic works are reminiscent of the works of Malevich and Kandinsky. At the same time, they are distinguished, in our opinion, by a somewhat more diverse use of geometric elements and greater meaningfulness of the composition. This is “Editing Saws,” a painting created in 1927. The color scheme here is no longer just a jumble of bright colors, but creates a feeling of some kind of fantastic reality. At this stage, Bogomazov builds a clear hierarchy of colors in his paintings with a wide variety of shades; and many of the paintings are in blue-violet tones. This can be seen as a reflection of a certain expectation with which society perceived everything new that the beginning of the twentieth century brought.

At the same time, Bogomazov also created abstract works in the same cubo-futurist spirit.

"Executed Revival"

In Ukrainian art history, this is the name given to the generation of artists, writers, musicians and other art workers of the 1920s – 1930s, who, being true masters, were shot during Stalin’s repressions. One of the representatives of the “Executed Revival” is Mikhail Boychuk, a muralist who revived the art of fresco in a new light. Boychuk painted theaters, sanatoriums, educational institutions and even barracks with wall paintings.

Boychuk’s interest in frescoes is not accidental: in his youth he became interested in Russian church art, including icon painting and book miniatures, and since 1910 he worked as a restorer at the National Museum. For the first time, Boychuk began creating frescoes precisely during these years, accepting orders for painting churches under construction.

Boychuk was shot on charges of “bourgeois nationalism”, as well as on suspicion of counter-revolutionary activities, the reason for which was the artist’s usual trip to Europe.

His students were also shot, in particular Ivan Padalka. He was charged with participation in a national fascist organization. The real reason for the destruction of the artist, according to art historians, was the desire to create an original Ukrainian style, despite the fact that the content of his works in that era was completely in the spirit of “socialist realism.” These were, in particular, decorative plates “I am a proletarian Mamai, beware of me, bourgeois!”, plates with a portrait of Lenin, a woodcut “Dneprostroy”, etc.

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