Kherson. The last mill / Kherson. Ostanniy mlyn
ID:
4313
Updated:
28.01.2025
Name:
Kherson. The last mill / Kherson. Ostanniy mlyn
Author:
Heorhii Kurnakov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1938
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
25,5x19 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 222, КП – 537
Location of special signs:
On the back on cardboard or on a stretcher
Description:
Rural motif. In the foreground is brown-green land, on the left is a puddle. In the distance on the left is a mill, on the right of it is a one-story house, on the right is a female figure, she is heading into the distance. There are houses on the horizon line. The sky is milky blue with cumulus clouds. In the lower right corner there’s artist’s signature - Г.Курнаков (H. Kurnakov). On the back is the inscription "Георгий Васильевич Курнаков з. д. и УССР.Херсон. Останній вітряк.1938г. 17,5х24,9" (Heorhii Vasilyevich Kurnakov merited artist (abbreviated) of Ukrainian SSR. Kherson. The last windmill. 1938. 17.5x24.9)
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:
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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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