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Vasily Sedlyar
Vasily Teofanovych Sedlyar (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Теофанович Седля́р: 12 April 1899, Khristyvka, Shyshaky Raion — 13 July 1937, Kiev) was a Ukrainian painter, illustrator and art teacher; executed in the Great Purge. He was also known for his ceramic and faience work. Biography He was born to a peasant farming family. From 1915 to 1919, he studied at the Kiev Art School then, from 1919 to 1923, at the Ukrainian State Academy of Arts under Mykhailo Boychuk. He later became one of Boychuk's closest associates. He was one of the founders of the Association of Revolutionary Art of Ukraine () and held several teaching positions: at the mezhyhirska Art and Ceramics College (1923-1928), the Technological Institute of Ceramics and Glass (1928-1930) and the National Academy (then known as the Kiev Art Institute, 1930-1936).Artur Rudzynskiy; "The Illustrator of 'Kobzar' Vasily Sedlyar: The Fate of the Master and His Work/ref> Among his best known works were the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobzar (poetry Collection)
''Kobzar'' (Ukrainian: Кобзар, "The bard"), is a book of poems by Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko, first published by him in 1840 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Taras Shevchenko was nicknamed ''The Kobzar'' after the publishing of this book. From that time on this title has been applied to Shevchenko's poetry in general and acquired a symbolic meaning of the Ukrainian national and literary revival. The first publication consisted of eight poems: "Думи мої, думи мої, лихо мені з вами" (''My thoughts, my thoughts, you are my doom''), "Перебендя" ( Perebendya), "Катерина" (''Kateryna''), "Тополя" (''Poplar tree''), "Думка" (''Thought''), "Нащо мені чорні брови" (''Why should I have Black Eyebrows''), "До Основ'яненка" (''To Osnovyanenko''), "Іван Підкова" (''Ivan Pidkova''), and "Тарасова ніч" (''Taras's night''). There were three editions of the ''Kobzar'' d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Ceramists
Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainian culture * Ukrainian language, an East Slavic language, the native language of Ukrainians and the official state language of Ukraine * Ukrainian alphabet, a Ukrainian form of Cyrillic alphabet * Ukrainian cuisine See also * Languages of Ukraine * Name of Ukraine * Ukrainian Orthodox Church (other) * Ukrainians (other) * Ukraine (other) * Ukraina (other) * Ukrainia (other) Ukrainia may refer to: * The land of Ukraine, the land of the Kievan Rus * The land of the Ukrainians, an ethnic territory * Montreal ''Ukrainia'', a sports team in Canada * Toronto ''Ukrainia'', a sports team in Canada See also * * Ukraina ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Illustrators
Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainian culture * Ukrainian language, an East Slavic language, the native language of Ukrainians and the official state language of Ukraine * Ukrainian alphabet, a Ukrainian form of Cyrillic alphabet * Ukrainian cuisine See also * Languages of Ukraine * Name of Ukraine * Ukrainian Orthodox Church (other) * Ukrainians (other) * Ukraine (other) * Ukraina (other) * Ukrainia (other) Ukrainia may refer to: * The land of Ukraine, the land of the Kievan Rus * The land of the Ukrainians, an ethnic territory * Montreal ''Ukrainia'', a sports team in Canada * Toronto ''Ukrainia'', a sports team in Canada See also * * Ukraina ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Male Painters
Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainian culture * Ukrainian language, an East Slavic language, the native language of Ukrainians and the official state language of Ukraine * Ukrainian alphabet, a Ukrainian form of Cyrillic alphabet * Ukrainian cuisine See also * Languages of Ukraine * Name of Ukraine * Ukrainian Orthodox Church (other) * Ukrainians (other) * Ukraine (other) * Ukraina (other) * Ukrainia (other) Ukrainia may refer to: * The land of Ukraine, the land of the Kievan Rus * The land of the Ukrainians, an ethnic territory * Montreal ''Ukrainia'', a sports team in Canada * Toronto ''Ukrainia'', a sports team in Canada See also * * Ukraina ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Painters
This is an alphabetical listing of Ukrainian painters. A * Alexander Aksinin * Aljoscha * Nathan Altman * Emma Andijewska * Mykhailo Andriienko-Nechytailo B * Nikolai Bartossik *Marie Bashkirtseff * Tatiana Belokonenko * Roman Bezpalkiv *Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur *Seraphima Blonskaya * Vladimir Bobri *Alexander Bogomazov *Vladimir Borovikovsky *Mykhailo Boychuk * Isaak Brodsky *Mykola Burachek *David Burliuk *Wladimir Burliuk * Borys Buryak C * Illya Chichkan *Evgeniy Chuikov *Mykhaylo Chornyi D *Mykhailo Derehus (1904–1997) *Mychajlo Dmytrenko *Grigoriy Dovzhenko F * Igor Filippov *Borys Fedorenko G *Eugene Garin *Nikolai Getman *Yefim Golyshev * John D. Graham * Alexis Gritchenko * Alexandr Guristyuk * Olga Gurski H * Volodymyr Harbuz *Mykola Hlushchenko * Jacques Hnizdovsky *Oleksandr Hnylytskyi * Olesya Hudyma * Vasile Hutopilă *Liuboslav Hutsaliuk K * Mykhaylo Khmelko * Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov *Michael Kmit *Jaroslava Korol *Kyriak Kostan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Births
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pravda
''Pravda'' ( rus, Правда, p=ˈpravdə, a=Ru-правда.ogg, "Truth") is a Russian broadsheet newspaper, and was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the country with a newspaper circulation, circulation of 11 million. The newspaper began publication on 5 May 1912 in the Russian Empire, but was already extant abroad in January 1911. It emerged as a leading newspaper of the Soviet Union after the October Revolution. The newspaper was an organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Central Committee of the CPSU between 1912 and 1991. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union ''Pravda'' was sold off by President of Russia, Russian President Boris Yeltsin to a Greek business family in 1996, and the paper came under the control of their private company Pravda International. In 1996, there was an internal dispute between the owners of Pravda International and some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Art Museum Of Ukraine
The National Art Museum of Ukraine ( uk, Національний Художній Музей України) is a museum dedicated to Ukrainian art in Kyiv, Ukraine. History The National Art Museum of Ukraine, which was the first museum in Kyiv to be freely open to the public, was founded at the end of the 19th century by the efforts of Ukrainian intellectuals. Museum building was constructed under the project of Moscow architect Petro Boitsov in neo-classic style. This project was updated and implemented by Polish architect Władysław Horodecki. Sculpture decoration of the frontispiece is performed by Elio Salia. The first exhibition on the occasion of the ХІ All-Russian Archaeology Conference took place in incompleted building of Kyiv City Museum of Antiquity and Art in August 1899. Official opening and consecration of the institution called Sovereign Emperor Nikolay Aleksandrovich (Nicholas II) Kyiv Art-Industrial and Scientific Museum was held on December 30, 1904. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukraine, Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklore, folklorist and ethnography, ethnographer.Taras Shevchenko in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. 1970-1979 (in English) His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language, though this is different from the language of his poems. He also wrote some works in Russian (nine novellas, a diary, and an autobiography). Shevchenko is also known for his many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duh I Litera
Dukh i Litera («Дух і літера») is a Ukrainian publishing house that was founded in 1992. It is based in National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and operates on a not-for-profit basis. Dukh i Litera publishes scholarly titles in both Ukrainian and Russian, predominantly in the humanities and social sciences. Additionally, Duh i Litera focuses on publishing books concerning Ukrainian, Jewish, and French history and culture. Duh i Litera is the foremost publisher of Jewish Studies works in Ukraine. It has produced the Ukrainian translations of the Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies, books by Martin Buber, Elie Wiesel, Claude Lanzmann, The Black Book by Vasily Grossman and Ilya Ehrenburg (prohibited in the USSR by censorship of the Stalin times), as well as many other major publications. Publications Translations * Michel de Montaigne, *Jean-Jacques Rousseau *Thomas Hobbes * Henri Bergson *Emmanuel Levinas *Simone Weil * Paul Ricœur * Michel Foucault * Hannah Are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
