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Mykhailo Stepanovych Tkachenko (18 November 1860, Kharkiv, Russian Empire — 2 January 1916, Sloviansk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire) — was a Ukrainian painter who painted in an
Mykhailo Tkachenko was regarded as one of the great
, Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Accessed 16 November 2023 {{cite web , url=http://bunews.com.ua/lifestyle/item/art-history-time-to-rediscover-the-forgotten-ukrainian-genius-of-french-impressionism , title=UKRAINIAN ART HISTORY: New generation rediscovers the forgotten Ukrainian genius of French Impressionism , author=Bohdan Nahaylo , date=13 December 2017 , work= , publisher=Business Ukraine , accessdate=November 16, 2023 Ткаченко, Михайло. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia Vol. 11 p. 272
Biography and works by Mykhailo Tkachenko
Mykhailo Tkachenko. Album of works. Kyiv, 2010.
Ukrainian male painters Ukrainian Impressionist painters People from Kharkiv 1860 births 1916 deaths 19th-century Ukrainian artists 20th-century Ukrainian artists Knights of the Legion of Honour Marine artists
Impressionist
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
style with a Ukrainian flavor.
Biography
He studied art underDmytro Bezperchy
Dmytro Bezperchy (Ukrainian:Дмитро Іванович Безперчий; 30 October 1825, Borisovka — 30 September 1913, Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian genre painter in the Academic style.
Early life
He studied art in Saint Petersburg, ...
, in 1879 he studied under Pavel Chistyakov
Pavel Petrovich Chistyakov (russian: Павел Петрович Чистяков; 5 July 1832, Prudy, Vesyegonsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate — 11 November 1919, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian Imperial painter and art teacher; known for historical ...
at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, and between 1888 and 1892 under Fernand Cormon at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He exhibited in a solo exhibition in Paris in 1906.
Mykhailo Tkachenko was regarded as one of the great Impressionist
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
painters of pre-WWI Paris — his works took inspiration from his native Ukraine.
While living in Paris, Mykhailo Tkachenko visited his homeland on an annual basis. His last visit was in 1915, where he was involved with the restoration of frescoes at the Sviatohirsk Lavra monastery. While underaking the work, he became ill and died. Tkachenko was buried in Kharkiv.
Mykhailo Tkachenko's works are held in museums in Kharkiv, Lviv, St. Petersburg, Paris, Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
, and Toulon.
References
{{Reflist, refs= Mykhailo Stepanovych Tkachenko, Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Accessed 16 November 2023 {{cite web , url=http://bunews.com.ua/lifestyle/item/art-history-time-to-rediscover-the-forgotten-ukrainian-genius-of-french-impressionism , title=UKRAINIAN ART HISTORY: New generation rediscovers the forgotten Ukrainian genius of French Impressionism , author=Bohdan Nahaylo , date=13 December 2017 , work= , publisher=Business Ukraine , accessdate=November 16, 2023 Ткаченко, Михайло. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia Vol. 11 p. 272
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Biography and works by Mykhailo Tkachenko
Mykhailo Tkachenko. Album of works. Kyiv, 2010.
Ukrainian male painters Ukrainian Impressionist painters People from Kharkiv 1860 births 1916 deaths 19th-century Ukrainian artists 20th-century Ukrainian artists Knights of the Legion of Honour Marine artists