Ivan Marchuk
| Ivan Marchuk | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Ivan Stepanovych Marchuk May 12 Krzemieniec County, Wołyń Voivodeship, Poland |
| Nationality |
 Ukrainian |
| Education | Lviv Institute of Applied Art |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Portrait of V. Yushchenko (2003)[1] |
Ivan Stepanovych Marchuk (Ukrainian: Іван Степанович Марчук) (born May 12, 1936 in Moskalivka) is a contemporary Ukrainian painter.
Biography
Ivan Marchuk was born in a family of a weaver. He studied applied art in Lviv till 1965. Later he worked in Kyiv. In 1989 he left USSR and lived in the USA, Canada and Australia, where he became renowned. After the September 11, 2001 attacks which he saw, Marchuk returned to Kiev. Not having been valued in the Soviet Union, Marchuk was well accepted in the independent Ukraine obtaining a prestigious T. Shevchenko award in 1997. A museum of Ivan Marchuk is planned to be constructed in Kiev.[2]
Books
Atlant UMC has published 3 books on the artist’s oeuvre. A large monograph titled "Ivan Marchuk" (2004) illustrates all stages of his creative career.[3] The second album deals with the period 1965–2005. The third album was published in the series "Painting" (2008).[4]
Notes
- ↑ "Portrait of Victor Yushchenko. Ivan Marchuk is the autor". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ "Victor Yushchenko founds Ivan Marchuk Museum, September 30, 2005". Archived from the original on 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ «Спілкуючись із мистецтвом, людина радикально змінюється». Галерист Юрій Комельков / [інтерв'ю] М. Токмак // День. — 2009. — № 147. — С. 22. (Ukrainian)
- ↑ #Literature.
Literature
- "Virtual Dreams of Ivan Marchuk". Welcome to Ukraine, 4, 1999.
- Ivan Marchuk: Album-catalogue. — Kyiv: CJSC Atlant UMS, 2004. — 519 p. — ISBN 966-95919-7-X. (Ukrainian) (English)
- Ivan Marchuk. Creative period 1965–2005: [Album]. — [Kyiv: CJSC Atlant UMS, 2005]. — 28 p. (Ukrainian) (English)
- Іван Марчук. Дорога додому: Альбом. — К.: ТОВ «Атлант ЮЕмСі», 2008. — [135] с. — ISBN 978-966-8968-22-8. (Ukrainian) (English)