Here is an excerpt from an article about the actual little-studied period in the history of Ukrainian art: "The friendship of artists continued after graduation. Oleksa example Tretyakiv remained in close friendly relations with Vasil Krizhanivskim and Olexa Tretyakova. Bound them not only a love for art, community views, but also share the unenviable Ukrainian immigrants. About Krizhanivskogo we have already written a lot, but recently died in a hospital in Lvov. Why is it only about Olexa Tretyakova forgotten, although he was one of those very talented Ukrainians, who studied at the Cracow Academy. An excellent draftsman, extraordinary cultural artist, a virtuoso colorist. From Krakow Tretyakiv went to Paris, plunged into the maelstrom of modernist movement, but stayed his views on painting. In Paris, lived, suffered and worked in Paris and died. leaving behind a lot of pictures that may fall into the wrong hands. " (From an article Dam'yan Gornyatkevicha from the newspaper in Krakow News "for 1943.)
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Start Article artist Damian Gornyatkevicha Olex Kharkiv. By the fourth anniversary of his death "in the newspaper Krakivski Visti" for September 30, 1943
Olex Kharkiv, was born March 1, 1897 GV Kremenchug. After the real school, then got into a technical school in St. Petersburg, thence to the army. Dosluzhivshilsya to the rank of petty officers in the army UNA, took part in the organization of the army of cultural and theatrical events, created the scenery. Then he was in Poland, where he enrolled in the Krakow Academy of Painting. Studied in 1921, was a pupil prof.Dembitskogo (figure), Megoffera (painting), Voynarskogo (graphics) and Kowalski (decoration). He finished his studies in 1926. For his work, won an award at the Academic Fair in 1924.
At one time he was developing as an artist-decorator. But having the experience of church painting, he was not objective for the restoration of the castle rooms in Vevele and restoration of the frescoes in the Jagiellonian Library. Now Kharkiv began independent practice in the monumental painting and church painting and gained much. In his church painting, he was faithful to the Byzantine tradition. First set up an altar painting of the church in Klimkivtsi bilya Romanova, then painted the iconostasis in Viltsi Rosnivskiy (District Yavoriv) and the church in Cholganyah (Yavorovschina).
In 1928 he accepted the post of teacher of drawing in high school in Javorova, where together with Dr. Mikhailov Fils founded the museum Yavorovschiny. In addition, he prepared a large canvas for the exhibition in Chicago "Yavorivka. (A girl in national costume).
In the summer of 1939, before the present war, Olexa Kharkiv painted with Zeno Ohrimovichem, a young student of the Cracow Academy of Painting, a church in Zavadovi (Striyschina). Present-day Lviv region () It seemed that in a remote village they were not in danger. But the war had reached and there began a mess, but not quite dead remnants of the retreating dezorentirovannoy (probably Polish) army, began to pour out his anger on the innocent population, the victims were: Oleksa Kharkiv and Zenon Ohrimovich. Also killed Ostap Nizhankivsky known composer and professor of the Kiev Academy of Painting Oleksa Murashko. "
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