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Autumn in Polissia

Volodymyr Patyk

Basic information

ID: Г-V-1915
Author: Volodymyr Patyk
Name: Autumn in Polissia
Date of creation: 1970s
Country: Ukraine
Technique: drawing
Material: paper on cardboard Indian ink
Dimensions: 36.5 x 48.8 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 another of the artist's travels through Ukraine. In the centre of the landscape, a traditional Polissian windmill is depicted in the middle ground. To its right and left stand low-built outbuildings with gabled roofs. Closer to the foreground are two solitary trees, their crowns windswept and leaning to the left. A human figure is schematically rendered in the centre. The upper section of the composition is occupied by an overcast sky.
In this drawing, the artist employs a pen to create light strokes for details and a brush to form deep, dark, and light grey washes. This combination, contrasting with the white background of the paper, creates a rich and intense compositional harmony.
The village of Melnyky, located in Ukrainian Polissia near the Shatsk Lakes, features its own historic symbol – a windmill.

Inscriptions

Signed in pencil lower left: "V. Patyk". Below the drawing on the cardboard mount, inscribed in pencil lower left: "Autumn in Polissia" (Melnyky village), lower right: "V. Patyk".

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Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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