Vovk Alexander Ivanovich

Soviet Ukrainian painter. Member of the USSR Academy of Arts. Honored Artist of the USSR. Born: November 22, 1922 in the city of Kiev. He studied: “Kiev Art Institute” 1944-1950. Teachers in the specialty: A. Shovkunenko, A. Sirotenko, O. Fomin, T. Yablonskaya, M. Ivanov, graduated from the workshop of A. Shovkunenko. The thesis “People of collective farm fields” was especially noted at the All-Union Art Exhibition. Member of the Union since 1950. In 1964 was awarded a government award for the painting “T. Shevchenko in his native land. ” Painter, graphic artist. The main genres are a thematic picture, a portrait, a landscape. Honored Artist of the USSR (1985). Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1950). Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3rd degree (2003). Participant of the 2nd World War. State and military awards. Taught: “Kiev Institute of Decorative and Applied Art and Design. M. Boychuk »1951-1952 gg. Participated in exhibitions: city, regional, republican, all-Union (1949). The main works: “People of collective farm fields” (1951), “Youth Brigade” (1952), “Young People of Kakhovka” (1957), “Tarasova Science” (1961), “In Our Land” (1964), “We Are Back!” (1965), “VI Lenin on the Red Square” (1965), “In Poltava. Lesya Ukrainka “(1971),” The Reward for Bravery “(1974),” 1941 “(1975),” The Unquenchable Fire of Memory “(1977),” The Park Bridge “(1980),” Memories (Guards Lieutenant Colonel I. Yurchenko) ” (1983), “Victory was won” (1985), “The Artist N. Sirotenko” (1988), “Summer” (1995), “Music” (2002). Works of the painter are kept: in Odessa, Donetsk, Poltava art museum, the Museum of Korsun – Shevchenko battle, the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko, many other state and private collections in Ukraine and abroad. Lived and worked in Kiev. He died on April 21, 2004.

Photo: Vovk A.I. “People of collective farm fields”, postcard-reproduction

Photo: Vovk A.I. “Rocks (Ai-Dalari)”, 1985