Artists

ABRAMENKO Yaroslav
No biographical information available.

ABUTKOVA Natalia Vsevolodovna
Born 1916 in Verkhodvore, Vyatka reg. Russia
Studied at Omsk Art College 1935-39
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute 1945-51
Began exhibiting in 1949
Active in Kiev. Specialised as illustrator for children’s books.

ALEKSANDROCHKIN Yuri
Born 1937 in Volgograd, Russia.
Graduated Krasnodar Art College (1959) and Kharkov Art Institute (1964).
Studied under supervision of B. Kosarev and E. Egorov.
Exhibiting since 1957.
Specialised in easel paining (still-life and landscape) also a theatre decorator.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections abroad (Italy, USA, France, Bulgaria and Japan).

ANTONCHIK Mikhail
Born 1921in Kiev; died 1998 in Kiyv.
People’s Artist of Ukrainian SSR.
Graduated 1950’s Kiev State Art Institute under K. Yeleva and A. Petritsky.
Member Union of Artists of Ukraine.
First exhibited 1949.
Painter of thematic canvases, posters and portraits, executed in realistic manner with decorative elements.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections abroad.

BABENKO Ivan
Born 25 October 1935 in Kiev.
Instructor at Kharkov Urban Design Academy.
Graduated from Kharkov Art College in 1965 (studied under A. Konstantinopolski).
Graduated from Fedirov Ukrainian Printing Institue in 1971 (studied under V. Savin).
Member of Union of Artists of Ukraine and Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
First exhibited in 1956. Specialised in thematic canvases, landscapes, portraits & graphics.
Collections: Ukrainian museums, private collections abroad – Germany, UK, USA, Turkey.

BELOV Aleksandr
Born 1917 in Odessa, Ukraine; died c. 1980.
Studied at Odessa Art Institute/College 1928-38;
Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture 1938-41.
Began exhibiting 1943.
Taught at Odessa Art College 1949-51.
Also a graphic artist.

BIDNOSHEY Danilo
Born Dec. 24. 1924 in Dmitrovichi, Kievsky region, Ukraine
1953 - Graduated from Kiev State Art Institute (Studied under supervision of V. Kostetskiy, G. Melikhov and I. Shtilman).
Specialised in easel painting.
Painter of landscapes, portraits, still-lifes.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private.

BONDAR Ivan
Born 1944.
Active in Moshny, Cherkassy reg. Ukraine.
Specialised in easel painting.

BONCHEVSKY
No biogra[hical information available.

BONYA Grigori Vasilevich
Born 1 April 1918 Gradizsk, Poltava region, Ukraine; died 1989 in Kiev.
1950 – graduated from Kiev State Art Institute (studied under supervision of O. Shovkunenko and T. Yablonska).
Merited Artist of Ukraine (1978).
Member of Union of Artists of Ukraine.
Painter of genre canvases.
Collections: private and museum collections in Ukraine and private collections abroad.

BOZHKO Nina
Born 1928 in Kiev.
1946 – graduated Kiev College of Applied Arts.
1956 – graduated Kiev State Art Institute (studied under supervision of V. Kasiyan and V. Zadorozhny).
Began exhibiting in 1956.
Specialised in book and easel graphics. Author of numerous posters.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections in Ukraine and abroad.

CHERNOKAPSKI Nikolai Timofeevich
Born 1927.
Active in Kiev, Ukraine.
Specialised in easel painting and easel graphics.

CHERNYAVSKI Georgi
Born 1922 in Yekaterinoslav (Dnepropetrovsk), Ukraine; died in 1980 in Kiev.
1955 – graduated Kiev State Art Institute (studied under supervision of K. Trokhimenko, M. Ivanov, I. Stilman).
1969 – Merited Benefactor of Arts.
1974 – People’s Artist of Ukraine.
Specialised in easel painting.
Collections: private and major museum collections in Ukraine and private collections abroad.

CHIBISOV Ivan
Born 1936.
Active in Donetsk.
Graduated Kharkiv Art Institute.
Specialised in monumental painting and decorative art.
Collections: private and museum collections in Ukraine and private collections abroad.

DANILENKO Tamara
Born 1937.
Active in Kiev, Ukraine.
Specialised in easel painting.

DARIN Gennadi Aleksandrovich
Born 1922 in Yaroslavl reg. Russia.
Studied at Yaroslavl Art College 1938-45;
Repin Institute 1945-51.
Began exhibiting 1951.
Important shows include “Soviet Russia”, Moscow, 1960.
Taught at Yaroslavl Art College 1951-55.

DUBISH Ivan
Born in 1927 in Lysytcheve, Zacarpatskiy reg. Ukraine..
1951 – graduated Uzhgorod Art College (studied under supervision of A. Erdeli and Y. Bokshay).
1958 – graduated Kiev State Art Institute. (studied under supervision of M. Khmelko, V. Pouzirkov, G. Melikhov and K. Trokhimenko).
Merited Artist of Ukraine (1995).
Specialised in easel painting. Best known for his landscapes and thematic canvases.
Collections: private and museum collections in Ukraine and private collections abroad.

ERZHIKOVSKI Sergei
Born 1895 in Vilnius, Luthuania; died 1989 in Kiev.
Studied at I. G. Rybakov’s art school, Vilnius, 1915; at Kiev Art Institute 1922-28.
Began exhibiting 1927.
Important shows include “Twenty Years of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army”, Moscow, 1938.
Taught at Kiev Art Tekhnikum 1928-31;
Kharkov Polygraphic Institute 1931-35;
Kharkov Art Institute 1935-41, 1947-69.
Specialised in thematic pictures, portraits.
Also a graphic artist.

FILATOV Konstantin Vladimirovich
Born 9 October 1926 in Kiev, Ukraine
Graduated from Odessa Art College in 1955 (studied under M.Todorova, L.Muchnika & M. Kordonskovo)
Member of Union of Ukrainian Artists since 1974.
Winner of T. Schevchenko Honoured Artist of Ukraine Prize in 1972.
Active in Odessa and specialised in thematic canvases.

FREIDIN Yakiv
Born 1914.
Graduated Moscow Art Institute.
Died in 1980.

GRIGORIEV Sergei Alexeevich
Born July 5 1910, Lughansk, Ukraine. Died 1988, Kiev.
One of the Soviet Union's most prolific artists. Awarded the coveted Stalin Prize in 1951 for "Discussion of a poor mark". Works featured in all major national collections of Ukraine as well as Moscow Tretyakov Gallery and National Gallery of Bulgaria. Famous internationally for his "genre" canvases and his portraits. 1923-26 studied at Zaporizhya School of Professional Arts. 1928-32 studied at Kiev State Art Institute. Appointed assistant professor of KSAI in 1934. Became professor of KSOA in 1947. 1950 wins State Award for "The Gatekeeper" and "Admission to Komsomol". 1951 became National Artist of the USSR. 1958 elected as permanent member of USSR Academy of Art. Created and directed department of contemporary art where he taught until his death.

GROSH Sergei Ivanovich
Born 1911 in Brazhenitsy, Kamenets-Podolski reg. Ukraine
Graduated from Kiev State Art Institute in 1947 and began exhibiting in the same year.
Taught at KSAI from 1947. Active in Kiev as painter and monumentalist.

KERZHNER Aleksandr
Born 1912 in Tulchin, Vinnitsa reg. Ukraine. Died 1990’s.
1946 – graduated Kiev State Art Institute (studied under supervision of O. Shovkunenko).
Specialised in easel painting.
Exhibited since 1947.
Collections: museums, private collections in Ukraine and also abroad.

KHODCHENKO Lev
Born 1912 in Odessa reg. Ukraine.
Graduated Kiev State Art Institute 1939 (studied under supervision of F. Kritchevskiy,
K. Eleva, S. Grigoriev).
Specialised in easel painting and historical themes.

KHOKHLOV Fedir
Born in Tsaritsyn pr. 1922.
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute until 1951.
Active in Cherkassy, Ukraine.

KIRICHENKO Stepan Andreeviich
Born 9 April 1911, Chopovitsi, Zhytomyr region, Ukraine. Died in 1980’s
Honoured Specialist of Arts of Ukraine (1963). 1941 – graduated from KSAI (supervised by F. Krichevsky, A. Taran, M. Rokitsky).
Specialised in easel painting, monumental applied arts mostly in mosaic.

KLIMENKO Viktor
Born 1932 in Vesely, Stalinsk reg. Ukraine.
Studied at Dnepropetrovsk Art College (1945-1948);
Kiev State Art Institute (1959-1964).
Exhibited since 1964.
Also a graphic artist.

KOGAN Kuzma
No biographical information available

KOGAN-SHATS Matvei Borisovich
Born 1911 in Vinnitsa reg. Ukraine.
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute until 1939.
Important shows include All-Union Art Exhibition, Moscow 1950
Specialised in landscapes.

KOMPANIETS Nadezhda Dmitrievna
Born 1913 Skomoroshki, Kiev reg, Ukraine.
Graduated from Kiev State Art Institute in 1947.
Important shows include All-Union Art Exhibition, Moscow 1950 & 1951

KOMENDANT Yuri Sergeevich
Born 8 June 1926 in Advdiyivka, Stalinska reg. Ukraine.
Graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Art College in 1949.
Graduated from Kiev State Art Institute in 1956 (studies under V.Kostetsky and I. Shtilman).
Member of Union of Artists of Ukraine.
First exhibited in 1957. Specialised in genre canvases, portraits, landscapes & still life.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections abroad – Germany, UK & USA)

KOROBOV Vladimir Nikolayevitch
Born 29 April 1924, Artyomovets, Donetsk reg., Ukraine.
Specialised in easel painting, mainly landscapes.

KOROSTELEV Vladimir
Born 1925.
Active in Zaporozhe, Ukraine.
Specialised in easel painting.

KRAVTSOV Nikolai Feidorovich
Born 29 October 1934, Alekseyeva-Orlovka, Schakhtyarsky Region, Donetsk. Died 1980.
Studied at the Dnipropetrovsk Art College 1953-58 under supervision of G. Kryzhevskiy. Work closely associated with Donetsk region of S.E. Ukraine. 1968 became member of the USSR Artists Union. As an artist he traveled widely in the Soviet Union drawing his creative inspiration from his contacts with the people and the landscapes of the Soviet Motherland. He worked principally in the Donetsk region but also depicted life and scenes from the Crimea, the Caucasus, Siberia and Central Russia. He died in 1980 while working with a croup of artists in the Zhdanovskaya Kapitalnaya mine. Collections: private and museum collections in Ukraine and private collections abroad.

KRILOVA Olga
Born 1920 in Kiev.
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute until 1949.
Also a graphic artist.

KULIK Ivan
Born 1923 in Cherkassy reg. Ukraine. Died 1970’s.
Studied at Kiev College of Applied Art until 1948;
Kiev State Art Institute until 1955.

KURDIUKOV A.
No biographical information available.

LADIZHENSKI Beniamin
Born 1910 in Odessa, Ukraine. Died 1980’s.
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute until 1947 under P. Kotov, K. Trokhimenko,
S. Erzhikovskiy.
Specialised in easel painting.

LERMAN Zoya
Born 1934 in Ukraine.
1959 graduated from Kiev State Art Institute. Member of the Artists Union of Ukraine since 1967. Works exhibited in National Art Museum of Ukraine, galleries of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Artists Union of Ukraine. Also in private collections in Germany, Italy, UK and USA.

LUCHENKO Evgeni
Born August 1, 1914 Golinka, Chernighiv region,Ukraine. Died 1994 in Kiev.
1946 - graduated from Kiev State Art Institute. Studied under supervision of F. Kritchevsky.
Member of Union of Artists of Ukraine.
1990 - Merited Artist of Ukraine.
Painter of thematic canvases, landscapes, portraits and still-lifes.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections in Ukraine and abroad (France, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, USA, etc.).

LYSOV Aleksandr
Born 1951 in Donetsk.
Graduated Kiev State Art Institute.
First exhibited 1971.
Painter of portraits, genre canvases and landscapes.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections.

MAKATUKHA Vasili
Born 1922 in Kitaygorod, Dnepropetrovsk reg. Ukraine.
1947 – graduated Dnepropetrovsk Art College.
1954 – graduated Kiev State Art Institute (studied under supervision of A. Shovkunenko and G. Melikhov).
Specialised in easel painting.
Exhibited since 1954.
Collections: museums, private collections in Ukraine and abroad.

MAKSIMENKO Aleksandr
Born 12 November 1916, Vilkhovatky, Poltava reg. Ukraine.
1933-1938 studied at Dnipropetrovsk Art College.
1947 – graduated from Kiev State Art Institute (studied under supervision of K. Eleva, O. Shovkunenko).
Merited Artist of Ukraine (1972).
Specialised in genre painting about collective farms life, portraits and landscapes.
Collections: private and museum collections in Ukraine and private collections abroad.

MANETS Ivan
Born 1905 in Kharkov reg. Ukraine.
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute until 1947.
Specialized in history genre subjects.
Also a graphic artist.

MARCHENKO Nina
Born 15 October 1940, Leningrad, Russia.
1965 – graduated from Kiev State Art Institute (studied under supervision of S. Grigoriev).
Merited Artist of Ukraine (1976).
Professor of Kiev Art Academy (previously KSAI).
Collections: private and museum collections in Ukraine and private collections abroad.

MASIK Vladimir Ilich
Born 25 May 1917 in Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine; died in Dnipropetrovsk in 1996.
Studied in Dnipropetrovsk art studio 1934-35 and at Dniproptrovsk Art College from 1935-39
Graduated from Kiev State Art Institute in 1950 (studied under M.Sharonova andK.Trokhimenko).
Member of Union of Ukrainian Artists in 1977.

MELIKHOV Georgi Stepanovich
Born 24 November 1908 in Kharkov, Ukraine; Died in Kiev in 1985.
Studied at Kharkov Art Institute 1933-34.
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute 1935-41.
Taught at KSAI 1946-1966. Head of painting dept.
Shows include: All-Union Art Exhibition, Moscow 1947 & 1951.
Awarded Stalin Prize in 1948.
Collections: Kiev Museum of Ukrainian Art; private collections abroad.

MISHNEV Viktor
Born 1941 in Lugansk reg. Ukraine.
Graduated 1963 Lugansk Art College under supervision of V. Vainreb and T. Kapkanets.
Member of Union of Artists of Ukraine.
First exhibited 1963.
Painter of genre canvases, portraits and landscapes.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections abroad (Germany, Poland, France, USA, etc.).

MIRONENKO Boris
Born 1947 in Kiev.
Graduated Kiev Art College.
Began exhibiting 1975.
Collections: private collections in Ukraine.

NEPIIPIVO (NEPEIPIVO) Vasili
Born 1916 in Poltava reg. Ukraine.
Awarded title “People’s Artist of Ukraine “(1982).
Specialised in landscapes.

NESTERENKO Nikolai
Born 1926 in Lugansk reg. Ukraine.
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute until 1956.
Active in Cherkassy, Ukraine.
Also a poster artist.

NATALUKHA G.
No biographical information available

ODAINIK Vadim Ivanovich
Born 29 July 1925 in Odessa, Ukraine; died in Kiev in 1984.
Graduated from Kiev State Art Institute in 1952 (studied under I.Shtilman, V.Kostyetkov & S.Grigoriev).
First exhibited in 1950. Specialised in thematic canvases, still life and landscapes.
Member of Union of Ukrainian Artists in 1978
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections abroad.

OTROSHENKO Sergei Borisovich
Born 2 April 1910 in Omsk, Russia; died in Moscow in 1988.
Studied at Odessa Art College 1930-35.
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute 1935-1940.
Important shows include: All Union Art Exhibition, Moscow 1946, 1947 & 1951
Specialised in monumental art and theatrical scene painting.

PASCHENKO Valentin
Born 1937 in Kharkiv reg. Ukraine.
Graduated 1958 Kharkiv Art College under supervision of A. Konstantinopolsky and M. Slipchenko.
Member of Union of Artists of Ukraine.
First exhibited 1964.
Painter and graphic artist.
Author of thematic canvases and graphic series based on Ukrainian literature.

PAIMANOV Yuri
No biographical information available

PETUKHOV Vasili Afanasevich
Born 1941 Rostov-on-Don reg. Died ca. 1980
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute until 1947

Plamenitsky Anatoliy Aleksandrovitch
Born 19 November 1920, Yagodnoye, Orenburg reg. Russia. Died in Kyiv in 1995
1953 – graduated from KSAI. Studied under supervision of Schtilmann, K. Eleva, O. Shovkunenko. Specialized in genre painting of historical and social themes, landscapes.
1963 - Professor of KSAI (now Kyiv Art Academy).
Honoured Specialist of Arts of Ukraine (1964).
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections.

POLISHCHUK Leonid
Born 1925
Active in Moscow

REPIN Stepan Iosifovich
Born 1921 in Kharkiv reg., Ukraine.
Graduated 1940 Kharkiv Art College, 1950 Kiev State Art Institute under M. Deregus.
Member of Union of Artists of Ukraine.
First exhibited 1951.
Painter of thematic canvases, mainly about the life of peasant workers.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections.

RODIN Mikhail
Born 11 November 1919 in Tver, Russia.
Graduated from Kiev State Art Institute in 1952 (studied under V.Kasyan, O.Pashenko and I.Pleshchinskov).
Member of Union of Ukrainian Artists in 1973
Graphic artist specialising in etchings. Subject matter – historical (WW2) themes, landscapes and still life.

SAMOKHIN Vladimir
Born 1938.
Active in Kiev (Ukraine).
Specialised in easel painting.

SEVASTYANOV Viktor Gigorevich
Born 1 July 1923 in Odessa.
Studied at Odessa Art College.
Specialised in landscapes.
Collections: private and museum collections in Ukraine

SHAPOVALOVA Svetlana
No biographical information available

SHCHERBINA I.
No biographical information available

SIDOROV Aleksei
Born 1924 in Tataria.
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute until 1955 under A. Shovkunenko.
Merited Artist of the Ukraine (1978).
Specialised in easel painting.

SINGAYIVSKI Vladimir Ivanovich
Born 25 March 1933 in Shatriyshchye, Zhytomyr reg. Ukraine.
Graduated from Kiev State Art Institute in 1966 (taught by M. Khmelko).
First exhibited in 1968.
Member of Union of Ukrainian Artists 1992.
Specialised in thematic canvases.

SKRYABIN Petr
Born 5 July 1923 near Volochisk, Khmelnitsk reg. Ukraine.
1951 - Graduated Kiev State Art Institute (studied under supervision of V. Kostestky and S. Grigoriev).
Member of Union of Artists of Ukraine.
Painter of thematic canvases.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections abroad (USA, Canada, Portugal, Italy, France and Japan).

SLYOTA Oksana
Born 9 February 1950 in Kiev.
Graduated 1975 Kiev State Art Institute (studied under supervision of T. Yablonskaya and V. Chekaniuk).
Member of Union of Artists of Ukraine.
First exhibited 1974.
Painter of thematic canvases, portraits, landscapes and still lifes.
Her work was marked with the spirit of monumentalism.
Collections: Ukrainian museums and private collections abroad (Germany, Poland, France, USA, Japan, etc.).

SLYOTA Petr Dorofeyevitch
Born 13 May 1911, Pantyutyn, Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Died in 1990's.
1940 – graduated from KSAI. Studied under supervision of F. Kritchevsky.
Honoured Artist of Ukraine (1973).
Specialised in easel painting, mainly landscapes. Well-known for his representations of Crimea. Works featured in museums, galleries and private collections in Ukraine and many countires of Western Europe.

SMIRNOV Yuri
Born in 1925 in Kharkov, Ukraine.
Studied at Kharkov Art Institute (1951).
Began exhibiting (1953).
Collections: private and museum collections in Ukraine and private collections abroad.

STAROSELSKAYA Tatyana
Born 1916 in Kursk, Russia.
Studied at Kiev State Art Institute until 1940.
Important shows include “All-Union Art Exhibition”, Moscow, 1950.
Specialised in thematic pictures.

STEPIN E.
No biographical information available

SULIMENKO Aleksandr
Born 1944.
Active in Kiev, Ukraine.
Specialised in easel painting.

SUPONIN Petr
Born 1898 in Kharkov, Ukraine. Died ??
1929 Graduated from Kharkov Art Institute
Taught at Kharkov Art Institute until 1944
Active in Kharkov

SYCHEV Stanislas
Born 1937 in Odessa, Ukraine.
Studied at Kharkov Art Institute 1947-50
Active in Odessa. Belonged to school of Non-conformist Artists.

TANCHEV A.
No biographical information available

TARASENKO Vladimir
Born 1938.
Active in Kiev, Ukraine.
Specialised in easel painting.

TIKHY Ivan
Born 1927 in Savintsy, Kharkov reg. Ukraine
1953 – graduated Kiev State Art Institute (studied under supervision of S. Grigoryev and V. Kostetskiy).
1967 – professor of Kiev State Art Institute.
People’s Artist of Ukraine and received other state awards and orders.
Exhibiting since 1951.
Specialised in easel painting, portraits and landscapes.
Collections: private and all major museum collections in Ukraine and private collections abroad.

TISHKEVICH Grigori
Born 24 October 1940, Zaporizhye, Ukraine.
1957-62 Studied at Odessa Artists College under supervision of N. Pavlyuk and M.Bozhia. 1962-67 studied at Kharkiv Institute of Art under S.Besedin and A. Chmelnitsky. 1968 winner of "N.Androsova Regional Art Prize" in Zaporizhye. 1968-76 Chairman of the Union of Young Artists. 1970 Member of Ukrainian Artists Union. 1974 Winner of "N. Ostrovsky Republic Prize". 1970-1988 Member of international artists organisation "USSR-Czechoslovakia". 1970-1990 Member of Donbass artists union. 1989 Chairman of the Board of the Ukraine Artists Union - Donetsk region, Secretary of the Ukraine Artists Union. 1995 Awarded state honours for cultural achievement.
Participated in over 100 international, national and regional exhibitions. Canvases form part of public collections in more than 20 national and overseas galleries and are held in private collections in more than 30 countries.