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Devastation. The “Russian Providence” Plant in 1922
- ID:
- 340
- Inventory number:
- Ж-340 КН-14946
- Type:
- Paintings
- Material:
- canvas
- Techniques:
- oil
- Dimensions:
- 86x59 cm
- Author:
- Oleksandr Potypun
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Oleksandr Petrovych Potypun was a Ukrainian artist. Born in 1901, he worked as an artist from the 1930s to the 1960s in the Mariupol Museum of Local Lore, creating new museum exhibitions and many paintings on the history of Mariupol. His creative output includes landscapes, as well as industrial landscapes that reflected construction in Mariupol. He was a participant in the art exhibition held by the newspaper "Pravda" in Mariupol in 1944 (6 paintings by the artist were exhibited). He took an active part in the first post-war art exhibitions in Mariupol.
- Preservation:
- Complete safety
- Location:
- unknown
- Provenance:
- Purchased from the author under an act dated 05.08. 1961. The act number is unknown.
- Date of record to the inventory book:
- 16.11.1981
Item description from the inventory book:
In the foreground there are railway rails, the remains of a handcar. In the background there is a gray sky.
