*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING *** * TITLE: "Portrait of a woman" * ARTISTS: Sakhnenko Viktor Ivanovich * SIZE: 35x25 cm/'13.77x9.84 inches' * MEDIUM: oil, cardboard * HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection * CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product
About the artist: Was born on January 7, 1923 in the city of Druzhkovka, Donetsk region. He studied at the Yakovlevskaya art studio (1936-1941), at the Kiev Art Institute (1953). Thesis “I. P. Kotlyarevsky and M.S. Shchepkin at a rehearsal of the opera Natalka-Poltavka Teachers by profession: A.Ya. Bondar, V.I. Kasiyan, G.S. Melikhov, T.M. Yablonskaya. He worked as a graphic designer in the theater at the Palace of Culture of the Mashzavod. He went to the front together with the units that liberated the city in September 1943. He worked as an artist in the club of the First Mechanized Corps, in the newspapers "Into Battle for the Motherland" and "Soviet Warrior". He was awarded the medal "For Courage". Demobilized in February 1947. He studied, after graduation he worked in the Stalin regional publishing house (1953). Member of the Union of Artists since 1957. Taught at the Belarusian State Theater and Art Institute (1963-1967). Participated in exhibitions: all-Union, republican and foreign exhibitions (1946). Personal exhibition in Italy (1972) Works are stored: in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, funds of the Belarusian Union of Artists, Druzhkovsky Museum of Local Lore. In private collections in Poland, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, USA and other countries. He died on April 26, 1973.
