Ukrainian artist Oleksa Харкiв

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In the Ukrainian newspaper, published in Poland, "Krakivski Visti" for September 30, 1943 placed the bulk of becoming an artist Damian Gornyatkevicha Olex Kharkiv. By the fourth anniversary of his death, which clearly states that "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 remote village they were not in danger. But the war had reached and there began a mess, but not quite dead dezorentirovannoy remnants of the retreating 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. "
And one of the Ukrainian sites on the Internet shows the year of life: Oleksa Kharkiv (1897-1937).
Olexa Kharkiv, born March 1, 1897 GV Kremenchug. After the real school, enrolled in technical school in St. Petersburg, thence to the army. After the Revolution and the Civil War, 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.
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).