Mykhailo Tkachenko
{{Short description|Ukrainian Painter (1860-1916)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Mykhailo Stepanovych Tkachenko
| image = Уваров Н.М. Портрет художника М.С. Ткаченка.jpg
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| caption = Portrait of Mykhailo Tkachenko
| native_name = Михайло Ткаченко
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1860|11|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kharkiv, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|1916|01|02|1860|11|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Sloviansk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate
| nationality = Ukrainian
| movement = Impressionism
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| known_for = Landscapes, seascapes
| training =
| notable_works =
| awards = Knight of the Legion of Honour
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Mykhailo Stepanovych Tkachenko (18 November 1860, Kharkiv, Russian Empire — 2 January 1916, Sloviansk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire) was a Ukrainian painter who painted in an Impressionist style with a Ukrainian flavor.
Biography
Tkachenkoe studied art under Dmytro Bezperchy. In 1879 he studied under Pavel Chistyakov at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg and between 1888 and 1892 under Fernand Cormon at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, in Paris. He exhibited in a solo exhibition in Paris in 1906.
Tkachenko was regarded as one of the great Impressionist painters of prewat Paris. His works took inspiration from his native Ukraine.
While living in Paris, he visited his homeland on an annual basis. His last visit was in 1915, when he was involved with the restoration of frescoes at the Sviatohirsk Lavra Monastery. While underaking the work, he became ill and died. Tkachenko was buried in Kharkiv.{{citation needed|date= November 2023}}
His works are held in museums in Kharkiv, Lviv, St. Petersburg, Paris, Liège, and Toulon.
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References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100115150524/http://korners.com.ua/russian/painters/352 Biography and works by Mykhailo Tkachenko]
- [http://uartlib.org/allbooks/mihail-stepanovich-tkachenko-albom/ Mykhailo Tkachenko. Album of works. Kyiv, 2010.]
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Category:Ukrainian male painters
Category:Ukrainian Impressionist painters
Category:19th-century Ukrainian artists
Category:20th-century Ukrainian artists