Portrait of artist V.G. Lytvynenko / Рortret khudozhnyka V.H. Lytvynenka

ID: 4679
Updated: 07.02.2025
Portrait of artist V.G. Lytvynenko / Рortret khudozhnyka V.H. Lytvynenka (Photo 256)
Name:
Portrait of artist V.G. Lytvynenko / Рortret khudozhnyka V.H. Lytvynenka
Author:
Leontiy Koshtelianchuk
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1974
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
100x96 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 887, КП – 3065
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Portrait. In the center of the composition, against the background of a white gate, there is an almost generational image of an elderly man in a dark blue shirt, unbuttoned at the collar, with short sleeves, holding a sheet of paper in his outstretched hands. Facial features: high bald forehead, thick eyebrows, long nose, slightly compressed lips, half-closed eyes looking at the sheet. The hair is gray, shortly cut. At the bottom left, the image of a jug with brushes is cut off by the lower edge of the painting. To the right, against the background of an open window, is a cityscape. The author's signature in brown paint at the bottom right: "Koshtelianchuk; 1974". On the back - On the top bar of the stretcher passport of the State Treasury of Ukraine. At the top left, the paint layer fall 0.4 x 0.7 cm. In the upper right quarter, closer to the center, cracking of the paint layer.
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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