Tetyana Yablonska
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Tetyana Yablonska (February 11, 1917 – June 17, 2005) was a Ukrainian
painter
. Her early vital pictures are devoted to work and a life of Ukrainian people ("Bread", 1949). She has passed to generalizing images of the nature, differing a subtlety of plastic and color rhythms ("Anonymous heights", 1969; "Flax", 1977).
Yablonska was born in Smolensk
, Russia
. She studied at the Kiev State Institute of Art (1941), the studio of Fedir Krychevsky
. She worked very productively until the very end of her life, reportedly painting her last pastel
etude on the very day of her death.
She elected as Member of parliament of Ukrainian Soviet Socialistic Republic
(Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, English Supreme Council) in 1951–58, became member of the Ukrainian Artists' Union in 1944, member of the board of the USSR Artists' Union in 1963, member of the Academy of Art of the USSR
in 1975.
Yablonska was awarded the honorary title "Peoples' Artists of the USSR" in 1982, "Artist of Year" (UNESCO
) in 1997, "Woman of Year" (International Biography Centre, Cambridge
) in 2000. She was the winner of the USSR State Prize
(Stalin prize: 1949, 1951 and State Prize: 1979), winner of the Shevchenko state prize
of Ukraine (1998).
She also received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
(1951), the Order of Friendship of Peoples
(1977), order Award for merits (1997) and the highest state award of Ukraine – title Hero of Ukraine
(2003).
She died in Kiev on June 17, 2005.
Her students include Mikhail Turovsky
.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
. Her early vital pictures are devoted to work and a life of Ukrainian people ("Bread", 1949). She has passed to generalizing images of the nature, differing a subtlety of plastic and color rhythms ("Anonymous heights", 1969; "Flax", 1977).
Yablonska was born in Smolensk
Smolensk
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. She studied at the Kiev State Institute of Art (1941), the studio of Fedir Krychevsky
Fedir Krychevsky
Fedir Krychevsky was an influential Ukrainian early modernist painter. He was the brother of graphic designer Vasyl Krychevsky.-Biography:Krychevsky was born in Lebedyn to the family of a Jewish country doctor who converted to Orthodox Chritianity and married a Ukrainian woman...
. She worked very productively until the very end of her life, reportedly painting her last pastel
Pastel
Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation....
etude on the very day of her death.
She elected as Member of parliament of Ukrainian Soviet Socialistic Republic
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
(Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, English Supreme Council) in 1951–58, became member of the Ukrainian Artists' Union in 1944, member of the board of the USSR Artists' Union in 1963, member of the Academy of Art of the USSR
Imperial Academy of Arts
The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, was founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy of the Three Noblest Arts. Catherine the Great renamed it the Imperial Academy of Arts and commissioned a new building, completed 25 years later in 1789...
in 1975.
Yablonska was awarded the honorary title "Peoples' Artists of the USSR" in 1982, "Artist of Year" (UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
) in 1997, "Woman of Year" (International Biography Centre, Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
) in 2000. She was the winner of the USSR State Prize
USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize was the Soviet Union's state honour. It was established on September 9, 1966. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the prize was followed up by the State Prize of the Russian Federation....
(Stalin prize: 1949, 1951 and State Prize: 1979), winner of the Shevchenko state prize
State Prizes of the Soviet Republics
The State Prizes of the Soviet Republics were each republic counterpart to the USSR State Prize. Each republic granted several different prizes, generally named after writers or artists from the republic, as well as a blanket Komsomol prize for young artists....
of Ukraine (1998).
She also received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was an order of the Soviet Union for accomplishments in labour and civil service. It is the labour counterpart of the military Order of the Red Banner. A few institutions and factories, being the pride of Soviet Union, also received the order.-History:The Red...
(1951), the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of Friendship of Peoples
The Order of Friendship of Peoples was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons , organizations, enterprises, military units, as well as administrative subdivisions of the USSR for accomplishments in strengthening of inter-ethnic and international friendship and cooperation, for...
(1977), order Award for merits (1997) and the highest state award of Ukraine – title Hero of Ukraine
Hero of Ukraine
Hero of Ukraine is the highest state decoration that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the Government of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma and as of August 25 2011 the total number of awards is 265. The award is divided into two classes of distinction:...
(2003).
She died in Kiev on June 17, 2005.
Her students include Mikhail Turovsky
Mikhail Turovsky
Mikhail Turovsky is an American artist-painter, and writer-aphorist, resident in New York since 1979.-Early life and education:Mikhail Turovsky was born in 1933 in Kiev. During the Second World War, he was evacuated to Samarkand with his mother and an older brother...
.
Selected works
- 1945 – Self-portrait
- 1945 – Enemy is coming
- 1947 – Before start
- 1945 – Khreschatyk' rebuilding
- 1947 – Evening on the Dnieper River
- 1949 – In the square
- 1949 – Вread
- 1950 – Spring
- 1953 – They have caught a cold
- 1954 – In a window spring
- 1954 – Upon the Dnieper River
- 1954 – Morning
- 1958 – The twins
- 1960 – Celebratory evening
- 1961 – In old city Ashtarack. Armenia
- 1962 – Together with the father
- 1964 – Young mother
- 1964 – New windows
- 1964 – Wedding
- 1966 – The life
- 1967 – Paper flowers
- 1967 – Summer
- 1968 – Cradle
- 1969 – Youth
- 1969 – Anonymous heights
- 1971 – The life proceeds
- 1971 – Widows
- 1973 – Evening. Old Florence
- 1975 – Quiet
- 1976 – Winter in old Kiev
- 1977 – Venice. The big channel.
- 1977 – Flax
- 1977 – Gondolas.
- 1979 – In the winter on a farm
- 1979 – Evening on a meadow
- 1981 – June
- 1982 – Gayane is waiting
- 1982 – A portrait of the artist. Volobuev
- 1987 – Autumn shadows
- 1988 – Pearl morning
- 1988 – A shady garden
- 1989 – Green window
- 1989 – An autumn portrait. Gayane' daughter
- 1992 – Under lindens
- 1995 – Light air
- 1998 – In light of autumn. Daughter' portrait
- 1993–98 – Sednyov' landscapes
- 1991–92 – a series "Oberegi" (amulets)
- 1993–96 – a series "Windows"
- 1998–99 – a series "Memoirs"
External links
- Online Gallery of the later works by Yablonska
- Yablonska's site OpenUA.Net
- Tetyana Yablonska: About Herself, Zerkalo NedeliZerkalo NedeliZerkalo Nedeli , usually referred to in English as the Mirror Weekly, is one of Ukraine’s most influential analytical newspapers published weekly in Kiev, the nation's capital. It was founded in 1994, and as of 2006 its print circulation was 57,000. It offers political analysis, original...
, #24(552), June 25, 2005. (in Ukrainian, in Russian) - Interview with her daughter Gayane Akopyan, Komsomolskaya PravdaKomsomolskaya PravdaKomsomolskaya Pravda is a daily Russian tabloid newspaper, founded on March 13th, 1925. It is published by "Izdatelsky Dom Komsomolskaya Pravda" .- History :...
- Memoirs of Yablonska, Komsomolskaya PravdaKomsomolskaya PravdaKomsomolskaya Pravda is a daily Russian tabloid newspaper, founded on March 13th, 1925. It is published by "Izdatelsky Dom Komsomolskaya Pravda" .- History :...