Honoured Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR. People Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. Laureate of USSR State Prize. Representative of Soviet impressionism school. He studied at the M.I. Kalinin Moscow Art and Industry College (1935-1941) and at the Surikov Moscow State Art Institute (1943-1950) under A.V. Lentulov and I.I. Chekmazov. His graduation work, Razin, was painted under the guidance of G.G. Riazhsky. First exhibited in 1953. Zakharov’s one-man shows were held in Leningrad and Simferopol in 1959, in Kiev in 1960, and in Moscow in 1965. He taught in the Simferopol Art School. The main theme of his work was landscape. His works are in Tretyakov State Gallery, State Russian Museum, in in the Simferopol Art Museum, the Alupka Palace Museum, and in the Novokuznetsk Soviet Fine Art Museum.
Nagulyak Petro (born in 1965.) - Ukrainian painter, watercolorist. He graduated from the graphic arts department of the Odessa State Pedagogical Institute. Ushinskogo K. (1989) by V. Zakharchenko. Member of numerous local, regional, national and personal exhibitions (since 1986). Member of the National Union of Artists (2003). His works are in the Odessa Art Museum and private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Canada, USA. It develops the idea of painting the best representatives of the realist trend Odessa landscape 1960-70s. Excellent sense of color, is able to assemble and solve the coloristic problems, feels the nature, the diversity of its state.
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Valentin Altanietz (1936 - 2000) - the "Magician of Light"
Born in 1936 in Krivoi Rog, Ukraine. Graduated from the Odessa Fine Art College.
Took active part in the so called non-conformist exhibitions in the 1970s. Later participated in national and international exhibitions.
His works hang in the prestigious Odessa Art Museum and Gallery and in private collections worldwide.
Died in Odessa in 2000.
1962 – Graduated from Odessa Art College.
1992 – One of the founders of the creative association “Choven”.
1993 – Acknowledged to the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
An active participant of Odessa nonconformist movement.
Selected solo exhibitions:
1978 – Editorial office of “The Banner of Communism” newspaper. Odessa, USSR.
1979 – House of the Actor. Odessa, USSR.
1983 – Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists. Odessa, USSR.
1997 – Odessa Museum of Fine Art. Odessa, USSR.
2007 – Exhibition Hall of the Odessa City Council. Odessa, Ukraine.
Selected group exhibitions:
2013 – “Odessa School. Traditions and Relevance.” Mystetskiy Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine (catalog).
2013 – “Odessa School. Traditions and Relevance.” Exhibition hall “ArtDonbass”, Donetsk, Ukraine (catalog).
2010 – “II Fine Art Ukraine.” Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine.
2008 – “How young you were… Odessa nonconformist artists. 60’s – 80’s of the XX century in collections of Felix Kohriht and Anatoliy Dymchuk.” NT-Art Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
1996 – Exhibition of the creative associations “Art-Club-96″ and “Choven”. Museum of Ukrainian Modern Art. Khmelnitsk, Ukraine (catalog).
1994 – Exhibition of the creative association “Choven”. Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
Selected Museum collections:
National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Odessa Museum of Fine Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
Odessa State Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
Odessa Museum of Modern Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
Numerous private collections in Ukraine and abroad.
Honored Artist of Ukraine. Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine
Born in Odessa region 26.08.1929. Died 16.05.2014
1958 – finished from Odessa Art College
1970 – graduated from the Moscow Institute of Printing
1971 – entered the Union of Artists of the USSR
1969 – Art Exhibition of Odessa artist, Seged, Hungary
1970 – Art Exhibition of Odessa artists, Bulgaria
1974 – Art Exhibition of Odessa artists, Italy
1974 – Art Exhibition of Odessa artists, Marseille, France
1976 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists, Genoa, Italy
1977 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists, Seged, Hungary
1977 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists, Bulgaria
1980 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists, Seged, Hungary
1981 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists, Genoa, Italy
1982 – Exhibition “Modern Art of Odessa”, Genoa, Italy
1984 – Personal exhibition of Odessa, Ukraine
1985 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists, Geneva, Switzerland
1986 – Personal exhibition of Odessa, Ukraine
1987 – Personal exhibition of Kiev, Ukraine
1987 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists, Finland
1990 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists, Genoa, Italy
1991 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists, Moscow, Russia
1992 – Art Exhibition of Odessa artists in the Embassy of Japan, Moscow, Russia
1993 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists in the Russian center of Jerusalem, Israel
1996 – Art exhibition of Odessa artists, Mexico
1997 – Exhibition “Golden masters of Odessa”, Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine
1997 – Exhibition “Modern Art of Ukraine”, the National Museum, Kiev, Ukraine
1998 – Exhibition of private collections of watercolors, Paris, France, the First Prize
1999 – Personal exhibition, Western and Eastern Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine
2000 – Exhibition of artist-painters of sea-scapes. Marine Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine
2001 – Personal exhibition, Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine
2002 – Exhibition “Malovnicha Ukraіna”, Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine
2002 – Winner in a nomination “Artist of the Year” in the competition “National recognition”, Odessa
2003 – Exhibition “Malovnicha Ukraіna “, the National Museum of Ukrainian Art, Kiev
2004 – Exhibition of watercolors of Brussels, Belgium
2005 – Personal exhibition, Oslo, Norway
2006 – Personal exhibition, Art salon of the Union of Artists, Odessa
2007 – Exhibition “Malovnicha Ukraіna “, the National Museum of Ukrainian Art, Kiev
2008 – Personal exhibition in the gallery of the World Club of Odessa, Odessa, Ukraina
2009 – Personal exhibition for the 80th anniversary, Western and Eastern Art Museum, Odessa
2010 – Personal exhibition in the gallery “Victory Gardens”, Odessa, Ukraine
2011 – Personal exhibition, Western and Eastern Art Museum, Odessa
His works are kept in the following: the National Museum of the Modern Ukrainian Art in Kiev, the Museum-archive of literature and art in Kiev, Art Museum of Odessa, Zhdanov Regional Museum, the Suvorov’s museum in Izmail, the Museum of Marin in Ochakov in Prilutsk Regional Museum, the Art Museum of Kharkov.
Also the paints are owner by private collections in France, Russia, Belgium, Germany, the United States, Israel, Norway, Italy, Latvia and other countries of world.
Valentin Altanietz (1936 - 2000) - the "Magician of Light"
Born in 1936 in Krivoi Rog, Ukraine. Graduated from the Odessa Fine Art College.
Took active part in the so called non-conformist exhibitions in the 1970s. Later participated in national and international exhibitions.
His works hang in the prestigious Odessa Art Museum and Gallery and in private collections worldwide.
Died in Odessa in 2000.
1962 – Graduated from Odessa Art College.
1992 – One of the founders of the creative association “Choven”.
1993 – Acknowledged to the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
An active participant of Odessa nonconformist movement.
Selected solo exhibitions:
1978 – Editorial office of “The Banner of Communism” newspaper. Odessa, USSR.
1979 – House of the Actor. Odessa, USSR.
1983 – Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists. Odessa, USSR.
1997 – Odessa Museum of Fine Art. Odessa, USSR.
2007 – Exhibition Hall of the Odessa City Council. Odessa, Ukraine.
Selected group exhibitions:
2013 – “Odessa School. Traditions and Relevance.” Mystetskiy Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine (catalog).
2013 – “Odessa School. Traditions and Relevance.” Exhibition hall “ArtDonbass”, Donetsk, Ukraine (catalog).
2010 – “II Fine Art Ukraine.” Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine.
2008 – “How young you were… Odessa nonconformist artists. 60’s – 80’s of the XX century in collections of Felix Kohriht and Anatoliy Dymchuk.” NT-Art Gallery. Odessa, Ukraine (catalog).
1996 – Exhibition of the creative associations “Art-Club-96″ and “Choven”. Museum of Ukrainian Modern Art. Khmelnitsk, Ukraine (catalog).
1994 – Exhibition of the creative association “Choven”. Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
Selected Museum collections:
National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Odessa Museum of Fine Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
Odessa State Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
Odessa Museum of Modern Art. Odessa, Ukraine.
Numerous private collections in Ukraine and abroad.
Vladimir Grigorevich Vlasov(1927 - 2001)
Born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1927.
Studied at Odessa Art College 1942-47;
Moscow Art Institute/SURIKOV INSTITUTE 1947-53.
Member of the Union of Artists. Began exhibitng 1953. Merited Artist of the Ukraine.
Active in Odessa, Ukraine.
His paintings hang in the prestigious Odessa Fine Art Museum and in most national museums, as well as in private collections worldwide.
Lev Mezhberg
(1933, Odessa -2007, Carrara, Italy).
Lev Mezhberg
(1933, Odessa -2007, Carrara, Italy).
1950 – Finished children art school.
1958 – Graduated from Odessa Art School (teachers: Frumina, Shelyuto, Muchnik).
1960 – Acknowledged to the Union of Artists of Ukraine.
From 1973 he lived in New York City.
1991 – 1994 – Lived in Paris.
2001 – 2007 – Lived in Italy.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2009 – “Alone in the search for the meaning of life”. Moscow, Russia (catalog).
2005 – «Franklin Bowles» Gallery. San Francisco, USA (catalog).
2002 – «Franklin Bowles» Gallery. San Francisco, USA (catalog).
2001 – «Keeper of the Flame», Franklin Bowles Gallery. New York, USA (catalog).
Selected Museum collections:
Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Odessa Art Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
Museum of Art. Nikolayev, Ukraine.
Lev Mezhberg
(1933, Odessa -2007, Carrara, Italy).
Lev Mezhberg
(1933, Odessa -2007, Carrara, Italy).
1950 – Finished children art school.
1958 – Graduated from Odessa Art School (teachers: Frumina, Shelyuto, Muchnik).
1960 – Acknowledged to the Union of Artists of Ukraine.
From 1973 he lived in New York City.
1991 – 1994 – Lived in Paris.
2001 – 2007 – Lived in Italy.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2009 – “Alone in the search for the meaning of life”. Moscow, Russia (catalog).
2005 – «Franklin Bowles» Gallery. San Francisco, USA (catalog).
2002 – «Franklin Bowles» Gallery. San Francisco, USA (catalog).
2001 – «Keeper of the Flame», Franklin Bowles Gallery. New York, USA (catalog).
Selected Museum collections:
Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Odessa Art Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
Museum of Art. Nikolayev, Ukraine.