Rostyslav Hluvko ( uk, Ростислав Олександрович Глувко; 8 May 1927 – 4 March 1990) was a Ukrainian artist, graphic artist, and public figure. A friend of
Volodymyr Lutsiv.
Biography
Rostyslav Hluvko was born on 8 May 1927 in
Surazh, now the
Shumsk urban hromada
Shumsk (, , yi, שומסק, Shimsk) is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Shumsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population is
Until 18 July 2020, Shumsk was the administrative c ...
of the
Kremenets Raion,
Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. He lived in
Kremenets until 1940.
In 1940, he was deported to Kazakhstan with his mother. Later, in 1942, he traveled with Polish troops to Palestine via Iran. In 1947 he emigrated to the United Kingdom. In
London, he graduated from Hammersmith College of Art (1951). Hluvko worked as a graphic artist.
[Чернихівський, Г. І]
Глувко Ростислав Олександрович
// Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine / ред. кол.: І. М. Дзюба а ін.; НАН України, НТШ, К. : Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України, 2006, Т. 5 : Вод — Гн, s. 677—678, ISBN 966-02-3355-8.
Died on 4 March 1990 in London. According to his will, in 1991 he was buried in his father's grave at the Tunytske cemetery in Kremenets.
Works
His artworks are in
tempera,
oil,
acrylic
Acrylic may refer to:
Chemicals and materials
* Acrylic acid, the simplest acrylic compound
* Acrylate polymer, a group of polymers (plastics) noted for transparency and elasticity
* Acrylic resin, a group of related thermoplastic or thermosett ...
,
watercolor, and book graphics. Hluvko illustrated the book ''A Millennium of Christian Culture in Ukraine'' (London, 1988). Author of posters, postcards, programs, and commemorative badges.
Personal exhibitions in London (1980, 1982, 1985),
Manchester (1981),
Toronto (Canada, 1985),
Detroit (US, 1980). From 1982, he participated in international exhibitions, in particular, the World Exhibition of Ukrainian Artists at the Canadian-Ukrainian Art Gallery (1982). Posthumous exhibitions were held at the Kremenets Museum of Local Lore (1997), the
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 Ky ...
(2009, Kyiv).
Main works:
* compositions – "Avtoportret" (1950), "I. Mazepa. Fantaziia" (1976), "Kozaky nesut" (1978), "Richmond-park", "Venetsianska lahuna" (both – 1980s), "A v tuiu sviatuiu ta nedilenku rano" (1981), "Pokhoron Panteleimona Kulisha" (1981, 1984), "Hamaliia" (1984), "Marusia Churai" (1989);
* icons – "Spasytel" (1976), "Matir Bozha", "Bohomatir z Isusom", triptych "Vizd do Yerusalymu", "Sv. Pavlo" (all – 1978), "Borys i Hlib" (1979), "Sv. Yurii", "Pantokrator" (both – 1982), "Khreshchennia Ukrainy", "Isus Khrystos" (both – 1986), "Feodosii Pecherskyi" (1988).
Honoring
In 2003, a book of memoirs ''Memorabilia'' was published.
In 2010, a room-museum of the artist was opened at the Kremenets Humanitarian and Pedagogical Institute, where the works presented by his daughter Svitlana are kept.
[''Казьмірук, Н''. Акція, освячена Великоднем // Замок, 30.04.2010, s. ]
''Хаймець, О''. Відкрито музейну залу Ростислава Глувка // Діалог, 30.04.2010, s. 2.
''Циганюк, М''. У Кременці діє музейна зала художника Ростислава Глувка // Місто, 28.04.2010, s. 6, (Світська хроніка).
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References
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1927 births
1990 deaths
Ukrainian male painters
Ukrainian printmakers
Ukrainian activists
People from London
British people of Ukrainian descent