Mykola Malyshko

There was a village here

28.09.18

Author was struck by these trees’ expression of time, their plasticity eloquently speaks of memories. When painting this work Mykola was told that there once was a village there. The depicted location is close to Velyki Sorochentsy village in Poltava region.

Mykola Malyshko

Born in 1938 in Znamenivka, Dnipropetrovsk region. In 1961 graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Art College, and in 1967 – from Kyiv National Art Institute.

1997 – named The Painter of the Year, “Zolotyi Peretyn”. 1998 – awarded the prestigious Vasyl Stus Prize. 2009 – “DE PROFUNDIS” Mystetskyi Arsenal Kyiv. 2012 – named The Most Significant Discovery in the first modern art biennale ARSENALE Kyiv. 2017 – awarded the Shevchenko National Prize in Visual Arts. Lives and works in Kyiv region.

 

 

2014, canvas, oil, 120х140