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Fine Art
The Parachutist. The Sky Calls
- ID:
- 139
- Inventory number:
- Ж-139 КН-8902
- Type:
- Paintings
- Material:
- canvas
- Techniques:
- oil
- Dimensions:
- 98x150 cm
- Author:
- Hryhorii Moskovchenko
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Hryhorii Saveliiovych Moskovchenko was a Soviet painter and teacher. He was born on February 25, 1916 in the village of Karatysh, Mariupol district, Ekaterinoslav region (now the village of Starodubivka, Mangush district, Donetsk region). In 1951, he graduated from the Surikov Moscow Art Institute. He was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1982) and a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Moskovchenko participated in exhibitions starting in 1951. He lived and worked in Moscow and died on April 5, 1995.
- Date of creation:
- 1969
- Preservation:
- Above, in the image of the sky, there are cracks in the paint layer.
- Location:
- unknown
- Provenance:
- Transferred by the author. Act No. 1463 dated 04/29/1973.
- Date of record to the inventory book:
- 14.08.1981
Item description from the inventory book:
Against the background of a blue sky - a full-length image of a smiling girl in a tracksuit. A parachute is slung over her right shoulder and falls to the ground. In the lower left corner is H. Moskovchenko.
