Gondola / Hondola

ID: 4070
Updated: 17.01.2025
Gondola / Hondola (Photo 256)
Name:
Gondola / Hondola
Author:
Wilhelm Kotarbinski
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The country of the work of art:
Date:
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
123x59 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж –491, КП - 1015
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Seascape. In the foreground is a gondola with four girls in bright dresses sitting in it. One of them is holding a guitar. On the right, at the stern, a young man is standing with an oar in his hands. In the background, on the left, a city is visible through the fog. The sky is gray. In the lower right corner, the signature: “W Katatbinski”. Stretcher. The artwork is matted.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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Description of the incident location
It was opened on May 27, 1978, in the former City Hall building, an architectural monument of the early 20th century. As of 2022 (before the robbery), the museum's collection included more than 13 thousand works of art and was one of the most interesting museum collections in Ukraine. It includes works of Ukrainian and foreign painting, graphics, sculpture, and decorative and applied arts. From October 31 to November 4, 2022, the Kherson Art Museum was looted by the russian occupiers, and more than 10,000 of its most valuable exhibits were stolen. The cargo was sent to Crimea, and the works (all or part of them) ended up in the Simferopol Central Museum of Tavrida. It is unknown whether everything is still there.
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