The Psel River

Anatolii Pavlovych Derevianko was a graphic artist. He was born on November 3, 1948 in the village of Ivanivka, Dnipropetrovsk region, and graduated from the I. Fedorov Ukrainian Polygraphic Institute (1974). His main techniques are linocut and watercolor. Derevianko overcame thematic prosaism, bringing watercolors to the level of poetic perception of nature. A member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1988), he participated in regional (starting in 1970), republic (starting in 1972), all-Union (starting in 1986), and international (starting in 1975) exhibitions. His main works include "The Road to Bread" (1973), "Montagers" (1977), "Memory" (1980); a series of linocuts - "Steelworkers" (1972), "Labor Day" (1974), "Along the Dnipro" (1982); the polyptych "Cossacks" (1993); watercolors - "Granite Quarry" (1982), "Rain over the Dnipro", "Foggy Morning" (1984), "Silence" (1985); a series of watercolors - "On Samara", "Rural Motifs" (1995-2002). His works are kept in Ukrainian museums. Derevianko lived and worked in Dnipropetrovsk. He died in 2020 in Dnipropetrovsk.