"Flowers"

"Flowers"

Author: Glushchenko M. P.

paper, monotype. 36 x 32 cm 

Glushchenko Nikolay Petrovich-born on September 17, 1901 in the city of Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk region. During the first World War, he moved to live in Germany. He studied at The Hans Baluszek Studio School in Berlin and at the Berlin Higher School of Fine Arts. In 1925, he moved to Paris, where he came under the influence of Impressionists: Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Vincent Van Gogh. He created portraits of Romain Roland and Henri Barbusse, and designed the Soviet Pavilion of the Lyon fair. By the beginning of the 1930s, Glushchenko's creative image was finally formed, he acted as a talented master with his own original handwriting. His painting is characterized by Impressionism, a subtle sense of decorative expressiveness of color and freedom of expression. Living in Berlin and Paris, Glushchenko combined the role of an artist and a scout. During the lifetime of Mykola Glushchenko, none of his friends and creative colleagues knew about his work in intelligence. In 1944, he returned to live in Kiev. Glushchenko worked in various painting genres, but his favorite theme was landscape. In 1946, he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, in 1963-people's artist of the Ukrainian SSR, and in 1976-people's artist of the USSR. In 1978, the artist's workshop-museum was opened in Kiev. One of the most famous artists in Ukraine. His works are kept in museums in Ukraine, France, usa, canada, Italy. Nikolai Petrovich died on October 31, 1977.