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The Kalmius River

ID:
235
Inventory number:
Ж-235 КН-12218
Type:
Paintings
Material:
cardboard
Techniques:
oil
Dimensions:
48x32 cm
Author:
Yurii Zlyden

Yurii Fedorovych Zlyden was a Ukrainian painter, a member of the Union of Soviet Artists of Ukraine from 1961. He was born on May 15, 1925 in the village of Zachepylivka (now Kharkiv region, Ukraine). He participated in World War II and was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. From 1946 to 1951, Zlyden studied at the Dnipropetrovsk Art School under Tamara Drozdova, Mykola Pohribniak, and Nataliia Hlukhenka. From 1952-1966, he lived in Zhdaniv (now Mariupol), then in Kyiv. He worked in the field of easel painting, mainly in the landscape genre. From 1951, he participated in regional and republic exhibitions. His personal exhibitions were held in Zhdaniv (1958), Kyiv (1985), and Rzhyshchiv (1988). His main works include "Summer Day in Zhdaniv" (1958), "Shevchenko Village" (1961), "Yachts" (1963), "Over the Dnipro" (1968), and others. He died in Kyiv on April 26, 2001. His works are kept in many museums of Ukraine: the Ternopil Museum of Local Lore, the Ochakiv and Zaporizhia Art Museums, the Pereyaslav National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve, the Mariupol Museum of Local Lore (exhibited in the A.I. Kuindzhi Art Museum), and others.

Date of creation:
1961
Preservation:
Cardboard deformation; loss of paint layer on the corners. There are stains of dirt in the upper part. There is a large cardboard slit at the bottom edge - 7.5 cm. To the left of the center of the landscape - a 7 cm slit.
Location:
unknown
Provenance:
Purchased from the author. The act number is not indicated in old inventories. The last entry was made on 11.21.1967.
Date of record to the inventory book:
24.09.1981
Item description from the inventory book:
Original. In the foreground there is a river with ledges of stones on its surface. Its curly ribbon is depicted on the right. On the left there is a green meadow, trees; in the distance there are barely visible houses.