Mykola Burachek

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Mykola Burachek or Buraček (

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Biography

Burachek studied at the

Academy of Fine Arts (1905–1910). He also studied in Paris, in the studio of Henri Matisse
(1910–1911). His first exhibition was in 1907.

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In 1917–1922 he taught at the

Mykola Lysenko Music and Drama School in Kiev. Then he moved to Kharkiv and became the rector
of the Kharkiv Art Institute (1925). In 1934, he returned to Kiev and taught at the Kiev State Art Institute.

Burachek also worked for theaters as a

Marko Kropyvnytsky. In 1937, he worked with Donetsk theaters.[citation needed
]

A virtuoso landscape painter, he painted Impressionist landscapes devoted to the Ukrainian themes such as Morning on the Dnieper (1934), Apple Trees in Bloom (1936), and The Broad Dnieper Roars and Moans (1941).

In 2004 Ukrainian Post issued a stamp based on Burachek's 1919 painting of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral

Writings

Burachek also worked as a writer and art historian, among his works are:

Selected paintings

  • Before the Thunderstorm (1929)
    Before the Thunderstorm (1929)
  • Summer Day. The Backyard.
    Summer Day. The Backyard.
  • The Broad Dnieper Roars and Moans (1941)
    The Broad Dnieper Roars and Moans (1941)
  • An Old Woman.
    An Old Woman.

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