Kherson Bazaar (based on sketches of 1921) / Khersonskii bazar (za eskizamy 1921)
ID:
4233
Updated:
21.01.2025
Name:
Kherson Bazaar (based on sketches of 1921) / Khersonskii bazar (za eskizamy 1921)
Author:
Oleksii Shovkunenko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1950
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, sketch
Materials:
Cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
83,4x35,2 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 823, КП – 2890
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
The composition is horizontal. In the foreground is a calm blue river, and in the background are six boats standing in a row, loaded with greenery and people sitting in them. In the background is a dark blue uneven strip, with smoke rising from it in the right and left parts of the composition. The sky is grey with blue strokes. Traces of buttons in the corners. Loss of paint layer along the horizon line.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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Details of theft
Year of the incident:
2022
Place of the incident:
The Oleksii Shovkunenko Kherson Regional Art Museum
Coordinates (Lat, Lon):
46.62979067231111, 32.609546919505945
Place of last known stay:
Links
Archive links
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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