Ivan Marchuk

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Ivan Marchuk
File:Марчук Іван.jpg
Born Ivan Stepanovych Marchuk
May 12
Krzemieniec County, Wołyń Voivodeship, Poland
Nationality Ukraine 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

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  3. ↑ «Спілкуючись із мистецтвом, людина радикально змінюється». Галерист Юрій Комельков / [інтерв'ю] М. Токмак // День. — 2009. — № 147. — С. 22. (Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ #Literature.

Literature

External links

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