Sviatohirsk – Health Resort of Donbas

ID:: 171
Inventory number:: Ж-171 КН-9446
Type:: Paintings
Material:: canvas
Techniques:: oil
Dimensions:: 120x90 cm
Author:: Vitalii Kononenko; Vitalii Oleksandrovych Kononenko is a Ukrainian painter and member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1982). Born on August 13, 1935 in Kramatorsk (Ukraine), in 1949 he entered the Kharkiv State Art School, where he graduated in 1954. His teachers were M. Slipchenko, P. Shyhymaha, and Yu. Stakhanov. From 1963 to 1982, he worked at the Donetsk Art Fund. Kononenko took part in creative meetings in Sednev and traveled to Karelia, Estonia, Crimea, the Caucasus. At this time, he moved away from socialist realism towards portrait and landscape in the styles of realism and fantastic realism. His main works include "Fairy Tale" (1961), "Field Camp" (1970), "Teacher" (1975), "A Moment of Silence" (1977), "The Road to the Temple" (1990), "Dream" (1991), and others. The artist's works are kept in the collection of the Kramatorsk Art Museum and some museums of the Donetsk region, as well as in private collections.
Date of creation:: 1973
Preservation:: Complete safety
Location:: unknown
Provenance:: Transferred by the Directorate of Exhibitions of the Ministry of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR. Act No. 1715 dated 12.25.1974.
Date of record to the inventory book:: 22.09.1981

Item description from the inventory book:

In the foreground there is a green area. In the center a river goes deep into the image. To the right of it there are monastery buildings, a church building standing on a hill, trees. To the left of the river there are residential buildings and a sandy bank. In the background there is a forest, depicted in general, and a narrow strip of sky.