Watercolor painting Church landscape Yuri Ivanovich Khimich

№Vern 748


*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Church landscape"
* ARTISTS: Yuri Ivanovich Khimich
* SIZE: 58x78 cm/'22.83x30.70 inches'
* MEDIUM: watercolor, paper
* 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: Yuri Ivanovich Khimich - an outstanding Ukrainian master of the architectural landscape of the twentieth century, architect, graphic artist, teacher. Honored Artist and Architect of Ukraine. Honored Artist of the USSR (1990). Member of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine (since 1955) and the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (since 1962). It is considered one of the best watercolorists of the USSR.
In 1950 he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Kiev Civil Engineering Institute. In 1955-1958 he studied at the graduate school of the Academy of Architecture of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1964-1985, he worked as a teacher at the Kiev Civil Engineering Institute. Since 1984 - lecturer at the Kiev Art Institute (now the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture). Since 1989 - professor.
Since the 1950s, personal exhibitions of Yuri Khimich have been successfully held in Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, and the USA. The artist’s works are in museums and private collections, in particular with the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, the US Ambassadors to Ukraine William Miller (1993-1998) and Carlos Pasqual (2000-2003), American philanthropists Natalya Yaresko and Igor Figlus. Khimich's works are also reproduced on many thematic cards, calendars, postage stamps. Yuri Khimich's triptych “Independence Day” adorns the Capitol - the building of the US Congress in Washington.