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In the Kirovohrad Region

Volodymyr Patyk

Basic information

ID: Г-V-1912
Author: Volodymyr Patyk
Name: In the Kirovohrad Region
Country: Ukraine
Technique: drawing
Material: paper on cardboard Indian ink
Dimensions: 25 x 32.7 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 central Ukraine in the summer and early autumn of 1967. With fluid lines executed in pen and ink, the author depicts a traditional Ukrainian peasant homestead in the foreground of the composition, featuring a thatched-roof cottage and outbuildings. In the centre is a farmyard with chickens. Sunflowers grow to the left, in front of the cottage. To the right, the background opens up into a hilly steppe panorama with a schematically rendered horse-drawn cart. In this work, the artist demonstrates his skill as an accomplished draughtsman.

Inscriptions

Inscribed with the artist's monogram lower left, dated in pencil lower right: "1967". Below the drawing on the cardboard, inscribed in pencil lower left: "In the Kirovohrad Region", lower right: "V. Patyk".

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Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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