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Volodymyr Patyk

Basic information

ID: Г-V-1910
Author: Volodymyr Patyk
Name: Moldova
Country: Ukraine Moldova
Technique: drawing
Material: paper Indian ink pastel
Dimensions: 30.7 x 43.2 cm (height x width)

Additionally

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 drawing was created during the artist's travels through southern Ukraine and Moldova in the summer and early autumn of 1969. It depicts picturesque cottages of a Moldovan village, scattered across the slope of the upland known as "Codri". The artist executes the composition as a rapid sketch in ink, using both pen and brush. Later, to imbue the landscape with greater vibrancy, he highlights the cottage walls with shades of dark and light blue, occasionally adding ochre-yellow, red, and green hues. The pen was employed for light ink strokes, while the brush was used for broad washes.

Inscriptions

Inscribed in pencil and signed lower right: "V. Patyk 1969". Inscribed in pencil on the reverse upper: "V. Patyk 1969. / Moldavia".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery