Mykola Burachek
Mykola Burachek or Buraček (
pedagogue
.
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.
In 1917–1922 he taught at the
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).
Writings
Burachek also worked as a writer and art historian, among his works are:
- Moie zhyttia (My Life, 1937),
- Yuriy Dujenko. Mykola Burachek. Kyiv, Mistectvo, 1967.
- Velykyi narodnyi khudozhnyk (The Great National Artist, 1939, a monograph on Taras Shevchenko),
- Essays about Mykola Samokysh, Serhii Vasylkivsky, Mykhailo Zhuk, and other artists.
Selected paintings
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Before the Thunderstorm (1929)
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Summer Day. The Backyard.
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The Broad Dnieper Roars and Moans (1941)
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An Old Woman.
References
External links
- Mykola Burachek at WikiCommons
- Biography of Burachek - in English
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