Four-times Order-Bearing Ukraine. From an album of prints dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Communist Party of Ukraine.

ID:: 739
Inventory number:: Гр-53 КН-2204
Type:: Graphics
Material:: paper
Techniques:: lithography
Author:: Ivan Pryntsevskyi; Ivan Dmytrovych Pryntsevskyi was a Ukrainian graphic artist and a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Born on September 8, 1922 in the village of Vremivka (now Volnovakha district, Donetsk region, Ukraine), he participated in World War II and received awards. In 1953, he graduated from the Kyiv Art Institute, where his teachers were V. Kasiian and O. Pashchenko. He worked in the field of book and easel graphics, mainly in the linocut technique. He participated in all-Ukrainian exhibitions starting in 1954 and all-Union exhibitions starting in 1960. Among his works are the series "The Life of Taras Shevchenko" (1961 to 1969), "Taras Shevchenko among the Peasants" (1961), and "Taras Shevchenko Listens to Songs" (1961) and illustrations for the books "The Witch" by A. Chekhov (1958), "The Thunderstorm" by A. Shiyan (1960), "The Whore" by P. Myrnyi (1966), "Generous Evening" by M. Stelmakh (1968), and others. He died on November 5, 2004 in Kyiv. His works are kept in some museums of Ukraine.
Date of creation:: 1978
Preservation:: complete preservation
Location:: unknown
Provenance:: Purchased under invoice No. 8593 dated 12/22/1978. Act No. 2282 dated 09/27/1979.
Date of record to the inventory book:: 08.10.1980

Item description from the inventory book:

In close-up among the people: L. I. Brezhniev and V. V. Shcherbytskyi. In the upper part of the image, against landscapes illuminated by sunbeams — industrial and marine scenes, and against fields of ripening grain there are the Coat of Arms of the Ukrainian SSR and four Orders of Ukraine. Below the image on the right there is the artist’s signature; on the left - the inscription: "Four-times Order-bearing Ukraine".

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