Mykola Hlushchenko (1901 - 1977) - Ukrainian artist, a Soviet spy. Born in Novomoskovsk Ekaterinoslav province (now Dnipropetrovsk region). The desire to draw the young man was transferred to the grandfather, great-grandfather, who enthusiastically wrote Zaporozhye freemen and Cossacks. I became interested in painting the future artist in the Commercial School. His paintings captured Repin, Vasilkovskaja, other well-known painters. Soon Gluschenko mobilization enrolled in the Volunteer Army of Denikin. After some time, with the remnants of the White Guard units he was in Poland. There's got to Shchelkovsky internment camps, and then fled to Germaniyu.Byl in his life at that period of cold and hunger. Helped the Russian immigrants, people who valued the art and submitting a young lad of his talent. He was engaged at the Studio School Hans Baluschek in Berlin. In the 1920-24 biennium. studied at the Berlin College of Fine Arts. In 1925 he moved to Paris, where he was influenced by the French Impressionists: Monet, Degas, Matisse, V. Van Gogh. Created portraits of Romain Rolland and Henri Barbusse and others. He has designed the Soviet pavilion Lyon yarmarki.K beginning of the 1930s creative aspect Gluschenko finally emerged, he spoke as a talented artist with his own original face. His impressionistic painting is inherent, subtle sense of decorative expressiveness of color and freedom vyrazheniya.V 1934 the artist made a creative journey to Spain, the Balearic Islands and Mallorca. In 1936 he returned to Moscow (probably at this time and was recruited by Soviet intelligence), and in 1944 moved to Kiev. Glushchenko worked in various genres of painting, but his favorite subject was the landscape.
Spring Day 1976
The March solntse.1970
Mykola Hlushchenko - one of the most famous Ukrainian artists of the Soviet period. Unrivaled landscape painter, author of more than 10,000 paintings and famous scout, which is extracted as the data for the USSR, athlete, secular lion and refined esthete. More than thirty years Gluschenko art was directly related to Ukraine. The enchanting beauty of his native land, labor, people were a constant and powerful source of his inspiration. Many paintings, sketches, drawings, he devoted mother nature, its enchanting unique beauty. Master paintings are in many Ukrainian and foreign museums and private collections. In 1970 the artist was fond of monotype technique and created in it a number of beautiful floral still lifes.
High Water 1976
Spring in the Carpathians 1966
Last Snow, 1970
Mykola Hlushchenko became a phenomenon in Ukrainian history. And not only because of his extraordinary artistic talent. After the disclosure of the KGB archives on its activities as a scout about him began to compose legends. Some of them - a myth, and some, such as companionship with Vinnychenko or album of drawings presented Hitler Fuhrer - reality. From figure Gluschenko connected many historical fates - he was familiar with the Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky UNR, the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Wilhelm von Habsburg, was friends with Maxim Rylsky, Henri Barbusse, but the most important thing - Gluschenko belonged to the circle of progressive Ukrainians under absence of statehood became a bridge between Ukrainian and European cultures.
May Night 1966
Winter.
Sedniv winter
Nikolai Glushchenko was happy creative life. He received widespread recognition during his lifetime, was the national artist of the USSR State Prize Taras Shevchenko. Today Gluschenko is perhaps the most famous artist of the Soviet period. Especially appreciated his early paintings. His works are in numerous private collections and exhibited in many museums in Ukraine, Russia and France, Germany, USA, Canada and many other countries.
Rocks in Gurzuf. 1950-1975
Gursuf 1970
Gursuf 1955
Bakhchisarai. 1960
Spring.
Still Life 1970
The road to the farm.
Flood. 1970
Winter 1960
May Day 1953
Dubrovnik. Old houses. 1960
Vineyards 1970
Flowers. 1967
Notre Dame in 1962
Venice 1972
Collectors are attracted not only and not so much artistic talent and fashion era, as the author's identity. He studied in Berlin and Paris, gave lessons in painting Hitler, Stalin liked. Despite the fact that he never sang proletarian subject Gluschenko in Soviet times, he was welcomed by the authorities and wrote a lot. He generously gave their work in Ukraine, until recently, it was difficult to find a museum, which would not have even one of his paintings.
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