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From 1894, he became a member of the Association of South Russian artists. In Odessa, he lived on the street. Princely, 12, owned a house on the 6-th station of Big Fountain, 1. Peter Ghanaian painted landscapes, portraits, genre scenes, a long time while abroad, always attended his work at exhibitions TYURH in Odessa, Nikolaev, Kharkov, Rostov-on-Don and other cities. Here's how the artist speaks about N. Breshko-Breshkovskaya in the newspaper "Odessa sheet" from July 26, 1903: "... Ghanaian Peter P. - of medium height, blond, thin, nervous. He is very talented. Ghana - not scattered. Specialty him - Parisian woman in all cases, its colorful life. The severity of the picture he had taken out of the studio Jerome (he was a student of his for some time). Winter and autumn, lives in Paris, summer in the name of his father near Odessa, takes part in exhibitions TYURH ... In Paris, about a hundred Russian artists. They are divided into two groups: one, the youngest, lived in Montmartre. It's almost all been elderly wizard who created the name and position. Among these are: Bernstam, Kharlamov, Vitgof, Aronson, Dm. Kuznetsov, Ghana. And the young people huddled over the Seine in the Latin Quarter. They have gathered artist Kruglikova. The dominant element of Russian artists in Paris - Southerners, mainly Odessites: Vitgof, Ghana. Dm. Kuznetsov ... "

The revolution of 1917 caught the artist in Odessa during the next arrival from Paris to participate in the exhibition "Independent Artists". Among other artists he was a member of the jury for the selection of exhibits at the exhibition. Revolutionary events have played a tragic role in the fate of the artist. His estate was destroyed, and he was sentenced to death. Avoid the sad fate managed through which went down in Odessa Volunteer Army. Ghana has been released, and then with the help of friends in 1919, so evacuated abroad. Since that time, he settled permanently in France.

In 1920 he lived in Paris in the street Victor Hugo, 67, works, improving their skills. From 1925 to 1927 he studied at the theological faculty at Lyon. And on Aug. 26, 1928 Cardinal Morain in Lyon dedicated artist a priest. In his later years he moved to a monk and lived in a monastery Le Dogat near Paris.

To the 70 anniversary of the artist's newspaper "Russian idea", Paris, 1937, published an article "Jubilee PP Ghana, which states:" On March 21, marks the fiftieth anniversary of artistic activity, PP, Ghana, now a Catholic priest . In his time painting PP Ghana enjoyed great success in Russia. The exhibition of his paintings in Kiev in 1893, when the artist was firmly on the side of impressionism, aroused in the press and the artistic circles of much debate (Gaz. "Odessa News, 1912 4 (17) October." Pavel Petrovich Ghana. ) As a landowner of Kherson province. P. AP Ghana became the Group "south Russian artists, and frequently exhibited his paintings in the salon of this group in Odessa with Kuznetsov, Bodarevsky, Bukovetskim, Dvornikova and others ... Along with the fiftieth anniversary of the PP Ghana marks 70 years and a number of Catholic and art organizations offer to celebrate this day honoring the modest hero of the day, so far do not throw the brush.