Famous people of culture and art
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(1900-1961)
Master of folk
decorative painting
Amateur and folk arts
of Bilokur Kateryna is
the best of properties of the Ukrainian culture of the XXth
century, her works have become a subject of study and investigation. In Yahotynsky museum of local lore and history two
expositions of her pictorial and graphic heritage are represented, and in
the State museum of Ukrainian folk decorative arts in Kyiv there is a “bilokurivsky” room with her best creative works. In
1954 during the exhibition in Paris Pablo Picasso was delighted with her
mastery: “ If we had such a painter she would be
famous all over the world...”
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(1882—1939)
Painter
Name of Mykhaylo Boychuk is related
to the appearance of creative organization of monumental painters known as
“boychukisty”. Just owning to boychukisty
Ukraine has been recognized by the world culture in the 20-30s, numerous
exhibitions with the participation of Mykhaylo Boychuk’s progenies, a great number of publications
dedicated to the phenomenon of boychukism as an
art testified it.
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(1751—1825)
Composer and conductor
Bortnyansky was the first composer in Russian Empire
whose musical compositions had been typed. Due to Bortnyansky
the Petersburg courtier choir achieved a high level. Under his direction of
the choir Bortnyansky had written many
instrumental compositions, operas to the French libretto “Falcon” (1786),
“Rival son” (1787), pastoral comedy “Signior’s holiday”
(1786) and others.
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(1854-1917)
Painter
Serhiy Vasylkivsky
contributed to the formation of the historical situation and lyric and epic
trend in the national paiting by his creative
activity, the creative work direction of many generations of the Ukrainian
painters had been determined owning to this trend.
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(1803-1890)
Kobza-player
Ostap Veresay stimulated
sympathies concerning Ukrainian hetmanate by his
songs and typical appearance. Moreover, a French professor Lui Legge being under the
influence of Veresay’s songs started actively to
advocate the Ukrainian culture in France even gave courses of the Ukrainian
language.
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(1903-1989)
Musician
World-famous pianist.
Born in Kyiv in the family of
employer engineer, grandson of Jewish philanthropist. A student of the Kyivan conservatoire, since student’s times became
famous as a brilliant musician, toured on repeated occasions. Went to high
school ¹7. In 1925 emigrated since 1928 lived in the USA. Up to his deep
old age remained a virtuoso being compared with F.List.
At the present time international competitions of young pianists named
after V. Horovyts regularly take place in Kyiv.
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(1929-1970)
Painter,
public figure
Alla Horska after
graduating from Kyiv state arts institute at the beginning of the 60s
joined to the process of national renaissance, which involved young generations
of creative intellectuals of Kyiv by the beginning of the 1960s. In 1962
she was one of the organizers of the famous Creative Youth Club. Talented
painter and very charming personality she became a leader of this movement.
But her activity didn’t remain unnoticed: in 1970 mutilated body of Anna Horska had been found. Her assassination had never been
detected officially.
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(1894-1956)
Writer,
film director
Devoted and lavish love
to his land, fatherland, his nation, kind, perceptible, wise attitude to
living – those reference points, that give us the
right answer, explaining eternal magic of Dovzhenko’s
creation.
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(1854-1934)
Actress,
public figure
Creative activity of Zanjkovetska was of great importance for national
dramatic art formation and development, establishment of stage technique
school for next generations of the Ukrainian artists. After the revolution Zanjkovetska took an active part in the establishment
of new Ukrainian theater. She headed the National theater in Nizhyn. Together with Saksahansky
she organized the National theater in Kyiv on basis of which in 1922 the
Theater named after Zanjkovetska was founded
(nowadays L’vivsky Ukrainian theater of drama
named after M.Zanjkovetska). For the first time
in Ukraine she was honoured as National artrist of the Republic.
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(03.03.1949 – 18.05.1979)
Poet,
composer
The work activity of Volodymyr Ivasyuk is
remarkable by the fact that all his songs considered to be hitting and
still touching upon the heart. People liked to sing his songs not only in
Ukraine but also in the Soviet Union. He is the author of everlasting,
tuneful “Chervona Ruta”.
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(1845-1907)
Dramatist,
actor, director, theater figure
Working on the stage
since 1889 and up to the end of his life as a professional actor Ivan Karpovych Tobilevych (Karpenko-Karyy) created a number of unique scenic
images which are considered to be real treasure of established by him
realistic-everyday theater and starting conditions of modern theater
formation. His theater palette had a wide range – from vivid comedy (Martyn Borulya, Tereshko Surma, Prokip Shkurat)
to heroic and romantic images (Nazar Stodolya). Phylosophic
comprehension and generalization of life was characteristic to Tobilevich-actor according to the words of his contemporaries.
He approached the tops of simplicity and honesty relying on psychological
depth, ingenuousness and sincerity of performance. Every his personage was
penetrated by unique Ukrainian spirit.
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(1900—1993)
Singer (tenor)
I.S.Kozlovsky is a great representative of the native
vocal school. His voice was of mellow timbre and wide range. Emotionality,
ease and affection of sound, skill of scenic impersonation was peculiar to
him.
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(1879-1947)
Painter
Fedir Krychevsky made
an important contribution as a painter to the development of the Ukrainian art.
Many first-priority Ukrainian artists obliged to him their creative rise.
His pupils were such famous Ukrainian artists as Serhiy
Hryhor’yev, Viktor Kostetsky,
Hryhoriy Melikhov, Tetyana Yablonska, and Serhiy Otroshchenko. Fedir Krychevsky lived and created
in two epoches, was influenced by various trends
and directions but succeeded to create his own style in the art
characterized by monumental and epic images.
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(1840-1910)
Playwright, actor, director, composer
M.L. Kropyvnytsky’s many-sided activity has educated
generations of Ukrainian actors professionals, he was recognized a “farther
of the Ukrainian theater”.
Theater critics
compared performances of Kropyvnytsky’s troupe
with performances of the German troupe “Meininghentsi”
well-known all over the world that visited Russian Empire in the 70s of the
XIX century.
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(1872-1952)
Singer
(lyric-dramatic soprano), teacher
Solomiya Krusheljnytska charmed
all theatrical Europe by the end of the XIX – the beginning of the XX
century. After her great success during concert tours in the South Africa
the actress sang in Bergamo native town of famous composer G.Rossini, where she was invited on celebrations
dedicated to 100 birthday of great Rossini.
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(1877—1921)
Composer,
chorus conductor, publicman,
teacher
The ground of musical
heritage of Leontovych constitutes chorus
miniatures – adaptation of Ukrainian songs that are considered to be
splendid hitherto and still performed by all Ukrainian choruses
in Ukraine and in diaspora as well. Among them “Shchedryk”, “Kozaka nesutj”, “Dudaryk”, “Iz-za hory snizhok letytj”, “Zhenchychok-brenchychok”, “Hayu,
hayu zelen rozmayu” and many others. On the basis of Ukrainian
national melodies Leontovych created original,
distinctive chorus compositions, having interpreted them in detail and
giving them a new sound.
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(1842-1912)
Composer,
pianist, teacher, chorus conducter,
public figure
Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko is a founder of the national musical and
creative school. His contribution into the Ukrainian musical culture is
really invaluable. For the first time he tried to sum up the great period
of native music development on the ground of deep and detailed analysis of
national life and creation.
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(1875-1919)
Painter,
teacher, public figure
One of the most
prominent Ukrainian painters by the end of the XIX – the beginning of the
XX century.
The idea of his
creative activity developed in the course of general development of the Ukrainian
culture that after centuries of cultural slavery aspired to revive old
traditions mainly the Ukrainian painting schools. Murashko
took an active part owing to his creative activity and educational work in
the national restoration of the Ukrainian State.
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(1886-1920)
Graphic
artist
Creative work of Heorhij Narbut – is a bright
page in the Ukrainian art. He is one of the greatest graphic artists of the
present. He initiated his independent creative work under the influence of
painters of the famous by the beginning of the century Russian Union “World
of Art” members of which were O.Benua, M.Dobuzhynsky, M.Rerikh, O.Ostroumova-Lebedeva, I.Bilibin
and others, Narbut had been educated by original
master that created a school of his followers in the sphere of book art.
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(1909-1997)
Painter
The greatest master of
the Ukrainian fine arts of the middle of the XX century. The works of Mariya Pryjmachenko reflect
people’s old legends and fantasy conceptions; raise the deepest layers of
the national culture. Now and then images of Pryjmachenko
described in the works of professional painters and graphic artists,
engraved in mosaic, interpreted in folk art, inspired musicians and poets.
It is quite difficult
to mention all the capitals of Europe, Asia, Africa
where her pictures had been exhibited and absolutely impossible to count up
museums and private collections, which own invaluable works of M.Pryjmachenko.
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(1889-1977)
Composer,
teacher, public man
Lev Mykolayovych
Revutsky went down in history as a prominent
composer, teacher, scientist, musical and public man. In each of these
walks of life he takes his unique and noticeable place. Creative heritage
of L.M.Revutsky had become a worthy continuation
of the great work of his famous predecessors such as Lysenko,
Stetsenko, Leontovych, Stepovyj.
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(1932-1999)
Singer
(tenor)
Famous Azerbaijan
singer Rashyd Bejbut,
being delighted with the manner of singing of Solov’yanenko
wrote: ”In the concert sang Anatolij
Solov’yanenko with a resonant voice, whose
surname corresponds to his singing.”
Anatoliy Solov’yanenko
is fairly considered to be the voice of Ukraine.
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(27. 08. 1941)
Actor
National artist of Ukraine,
National artist of the USSR, the National Prize laureate of Ukraine named
after Taras Shevcheko,
the State Prize laureate of the USSR, the Internatinal
Prize laureate named after K.S.Stanislavsky
(Russia), Independent critics Prize laureate “Crystal Turandot”
(Moscow), Knight “For merits” II Degree, member of the Academy, founder of
the Academy of arts of Ukraine.
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(1898-1986)
Actress
Even unfavorable roles
had been brightened up by Nataliya Mykolaylivna’s talent and heart, performed in unique
interpretation and perceived in a new way. Many generations of talented
artists were influenced and inspired by the actress.
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(11.02.1917)
Painter,
professor
During her long
creative life the famous painter born in 1917, organized above 30
exhibitions in Kyiv, Moscow, London, Budapest etc. Tetyana
Yablonska is honoured
with the National Painter Prize of the USSR and Ukraine, the State Prize
laureate of the USSR and the Natioanl Prize
laureate of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko. Her works are kept in Tretjyakov
Gallery, the Russian Museum, the National Arts Museum
of Ukraine and in private collections.
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(30.11.1951 – 30.06.1995)
Nazariy Yaremchuk – voice and heart of the Ukrainian song.
Nazariy Yaremchuk
unfortunately lived a short life but had become a legend of the native art.
People still remember Yaremchuk, born fifty years
ago and revere his memory. The Ukrainian musical fame and hits, which
outlived their creator, inseparably linked with his name.
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