Tavern. A sketch of a set design for O. Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

Dmytro Pavlovych Ovcharenko was a Ukrainian theater artist of the Soviet era and an Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1960). Born on October 19 (November 1), 1906 in Merefa, he graduated from the Kharkiv Art Institute in 1929. His teachers in the specialty were O. Khvostenko-Khvostov and M. Burachek. Starting in 1938, he was a member of the Kharkiv branch of the Union of Artists. Starting in 1940, he participated in republic and all-Union exhibitions. He participated in World War II. He was engaged in the design of theatrical performances in the Donetsk Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater, the M. Lysenko Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater, and the T. Shevchenko Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theater. In 1977, his personal exhibition was held in Kharkiv. In 2006, an exhibition of his scenery was held in Kharkiv. He designed the following performances: "Song about a Candle" by I. Kocherga (1936), "Bohdan Khmelnytsky" by K. Dankevych (1954), "Taras Bulba" by M. Lysenko (1955), "Oh, Don't Go, Hrytsyu, to the Evening Party" by M. Starytsky (1970), and others. From 1931 to 1976, he taught at the Kharkiv Institute of Art and Industry, and from 1940, he was an associate professor. He died on November 10, 1976 in Kharkiv. Some of his works are kept in museums in Ukraine.