Makushenko, Ivan Semenovich

Born into a peasant family. In 1892-1897, as a free student, he studied painting at the Higher Art School under the Imperial Academy of Arts under the direction of I. E. Repin , graduating from the Academy received the title of non-class artist. In 1900, for the painting "Sunday in Little Russia" he was awarded the title of artist. ^[one]

From 1904 he worked in Ukraine, from 1905-1919 he taught at the Kiev Art School , from 1934 - at the Kiev Art Institute (now the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture ).

The paintings of I. S. Makushenko are written in the Wanderer traditions.

In his paintings, I. Makushenko depicted the life of peasants, the life and nature of Ukraine, their native land. Member of more than four hundred art exhibitions, 50 personal exhibitions.

His works were exhibited in Australia, Algeria, England, India, Iraq, Canada, Italy, Libya, Colombia, Switzerland, USA, France, Japan.

He brought up a number of talented artists.

• "Holiday in Ukraine" (1900),
• "Before the holiday" (1904),
• "Grandmother with a girl",
• "Peasant Woman with a Boy" (1936),
• “Lirnik in the village” (1938),
• “At the stove”
• "Daughter",
• "Old",
• “Landscape with a river”,
• "Harvesting vegetables for the Red Army",
• Letters from the War
• "Future skydivers."

His works are stored, in particular, in the Lisian Historical Museum and the National Museum in Lvov. Andrey Sheptitsky .

• S. N. Kondakov. Anniversary Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts. 1764-1914. - St. Petersburg: Partnership R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1915. - T. 2. - P. 121. - 454 p.

• Makushenko Ivan Semenovich (Ukrainian)