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Fine Art
A Woman’s Portrait
- ID:
- 268
- Inventory number:
- Ж-268 КН-12781
- Type:
- Paintings
- Material:
- canvas
- Techniques:
- oil
- Dimensions:
- 72x101 cm
- Author:
- Vasyl Makatukha
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Vasyl Ivanovych Makatukha was a Soviet Ukrainian painter. He was born on August 18, 1922 in the village of Kitayhorod (now Dnipropetrovsk region) and graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Art School (1947) and the Kyiv Art Institute (1954). In a realistic style, he created oil and watercolor landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. His main works include "The Last Warning" (1954), "Evening" (1960), "Noon", and "After Changes" (1963-1967). He participated in exhibitions: republic since 1957, all-Union since 1954. He was a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine since 1959. He lived and worked in Donetsk and died in 2006.
- Date of creation:
- 1957
- Preservation:
- At the bottom edge in the middle there is a break in the canvas - 2 cm. At the left edge in the middle there is peeling of the paint layer. At the top there is a mark from the subframe.
- Location:
- unknown
- Provenance:
- Recorded in the inventory on 01.20.1968. Source of income is not specified.
- Date of record to the inventory book:
- 30.10.1981
Item description from the inventory book:
An image of a girl in a blue dress sitting at a table. In his hand is a book bound in red. The image is shown in profile.