Phloxes

Vira Hryhorivna Myshak is a Ukrainian artist. She was born in 1928 in the village of Ustynivka, Kharkiv region. She graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Art School (1949), where she studied under M. Panin and M. Pohrebniak. She was a participant of city and regional art exhibitions starting in the 1950s. She had a personal exhibition in Mariupol (2013). Myshak created still lifes in a realistic style. Her most famous paintings are "Ceramics and White, Pink Roses", "Grapes, Apples and Pomegranates", "Samovar and Tea Utensils, Willow Twigs", "Still Life. Phlox", "Peonies", "Flowers from the Country-House". The artist's works are kept in the Mariupol Museum of Local Lore and in private collections. She has lived and worked in Mariupol since 1951.