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Miners' settlement

ID:
1683
Inventory number:
Гр-978 КН-57003
Type:
Graphics
Material:
paper
Techniques:
watercolor
Dimensions:
29.3x22.7 cm
Author:
Mykhailo Kovalchuk

Mykhailo Sydorovych Kovalchuk was a Ukrainian theater artist and Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1978). Born on June 5, 1933 in the village of Molochky, Chudnivskyi district, Zhytomyr region, he graduated from the Lviv School of Decorative and Applied Arts in 1958. He worked as a set designer at the Sevastopol Russian Drama Theater, and from 1960, he worked at the Donetsk Russian Drama Theater in the city of Zhdaniv (now Mariupol). From 1972 to 1995, he was the chief artist of the theater. Kovalchuk designed the performances "The Taming of the Shrew" by Shakespeare (1970), "97" by M. Kulish (1971), "Makar Dibrov" by O. Korniychuk (1974), "Blue Deer" by O. Kolomiyets (1978), and others. A participant of city and regional exhibitions, his personal exhibition was held in Mariupol at the A.I. Kuindzhi Art Museum in 2013. He passed away on July 26, 2014 in Mariupol. His works were kept in the Mariupol Museum of Local Lore.

Date of creation:
1964
Preservation:
no damage
Location:
unknown
Provenance:
Act No. 53 dated 07/07/2013.
Date of record to the inventory book:
26.08.2013
Item description from the inventory book:
In the foreground on the left — an old tree; beyond it — cottages behind a fence. In the middle ground — power-line poles, a tower, a spoil tip.