painting art IMPRESSIONISM Grigori Shponko socialist realism vintage Painting

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Shponko Grigory Andreevich (1926 - 2005) - Born on June 9, 1926 in the Zaporozhye region in the village of Balki in the family of a medical assistant. He drew a lot from childhood, thanks to which he successfully passed the entrance exam to the republican art secondary school in Kiev. After graduation, he entered the Kiev Art Institute, where he studied in the battle-historical workshop under the guidance of Professor Trokhimenko K.D. Also, his teachers were Sharonov M.A., Eleva K.M., Melikhov G.S. The artist graduated from the Institute in 1954. with honors. In the same 1954. joined the Union of Artists of Ukraine on the recommendations of T. Yablonskaya, K. D. Trokhimenko and M. M. Shavikina. After graduation, he worked as an artist at the Kiev Opera House under the direction of A. Petritsky. Thanks to the experience gained while working on the diploma painting “Admiral Nakhimov”, he took part in the restoration of the Sevastopol panorama, which suffered during the Second World War. The work was carried out under the guidance of Academician P.P. Sokolov-Skal. He participated in the painting of the main pavilion of VDNH under the direction of M. Deregus. Shponko G. A. painted many portraits of children, genre scenes with children's images.The artist's works took part in many international, all-Union and republican exhibitions. His paintings are stored in museums of Ukraine, are in private collections in Ukraine, Japan, France, England, USA, Korea, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic.