Thaw. Imported church in Kherson / Vidlyha. Pryvizna tserkva u Khersoni
ID:
4865
Updated:
10.02.2025
Name:
Thaw. Imported church in Kherson / Vidlyha. Pryvizna tserkva u Khersoni
Author:
Volodymyr Goncharenko
Original name:
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Date:
1992
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
52x52 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1402, КП – 6239
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Winter cityscape. From the foreground, diagonally, from left to right, there is a gray-blue road with yellowish, lilac, and blue reflexes on the melting snow. To the left of the road, along the snow-covered sidewalk, is a row of brown trees. In the middle is a blue shed with a group of people. In the center and left part of the background is the orange and yellow building of St. George's Cathedral with white-columned porticoes on the facades; a green dome on a high drum and a roof. To the right is a one-story white building with a four-pitched roof, next to a tree with a dense crown. The sky is blue, with two clouds in the right part.
At the bottom right is the author's signature and date in black: V. Honchar. 92. The author's signature in graphite pencil on the stretcher: Goncharenko Volodymyr Ivanovych. 1952 "Thaw. Imported Church in Kherson" x.m. 1992 г. 52 x 52 cm.
At the bottom right is the author's signature and date in black: V. Honchar. 92. The author's signature in graphite pencil on the stretcher: Goncharenko Volodymyr Ivanovych. 1952 "Thaw. Imported Church in Kherson" x.m. 1992 г. 52 x 52 cm.
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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