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Over Tiasmyn River

Volodymyr Patyk

Basic information

ID: Г-II-247
Author: Volodymyr Patyk
Name: Over Tiasmyn River
Country: Ukraine
Material: cardboard pastel
Dimensions: 50 x 65 cm (height x width)

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Type: graphic art
Genre: landscape
Plot: Landscape
Provenance: Acquired from the artist Volodymyr Patyk, December 1980

Information about author

Author: Volodymyr Patyk
Artist's lifetime: 1926–2016
Country: Ukraine
Biography: Volodymyr Patyk (1926, Chornyi Ostriv [now Lviv Oblast] – 2016, Lviv) was a prominent Ukrainian artist and landscape painter. He held the title of People's Artist of Ukraine, was a laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize, and an honorary citizen of Lviv. In 1953, he graduated from the Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, having studied under Roman Selskyi, Mykola Fediuk, and Yosyp Bokshai. Following his graduation, he travelled extensively across Ukraine, Central Asia, Siberia, and the Baltic states. Patyk developed a distinctive painting style rooted in bold colour contrasts. He participated in national, all-union, and international art exhibitions from 1956 onwards. Solo exhibitions of his work were held in Lviv (a jubilee exhibition in 2009, and in 2010), Hangzhou (China, 2011), and Lutsk (2021). Patyk's works are held in Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery, the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv, and the Korsaks Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art in Lutsk, as well as in other museums and private collections across Ukraine, the USA, Canada, France, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, China, and other countries. In 2024, the Patyk Museum opened in Lviv, housed in a former mansion at 4 Yana Mateika Street.

Object description

The artist depicts the flood meadows of the Tiasmyn River valley, which form a unique ecosystem in the east of the Cherkasy region. Masterfully employing soft pastel tones, the painter vividly demonstrates the richness of his palette, seen both in the panoramic sweep of the yellow-green meadows in the lower part of the composition and in the depiction of the evening sky, where the grey-blue hue on the horizon transitions into lilac. The composition is horizontally divided by a narrow strip depicting a village with green and yellow trees and cottages with snow-white walls.

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower right: "Patyk 1980".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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