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An exhibition of works "Life-giving force" by Stanislav Antonyuk (Zhytomyr), a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the artist's birth has been opened at the Art Museum

On March 16, 2021, the Art Museum hosted an exhibition of works "Life-giving force" by a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Stanislav Antonyuk (Zhytomyr) to the 80th anniversary of the artist's birth.

This is the third personal exhibition of Stanislav Antonovych Antonyuk, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, at the Art Museum.

Ten years ago, for the first time, citizens and guests of Kropyvnytskyi had the opportunity to get acquainted with the works of the artist on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Independence of Ukraine, for the second time - at the opening of the anniversary exhibition of works "Souls Well" on September 13, 2016.

Prehistory from Valentyna Nozhenko - the main custodian of the funds of the Museum of Arts: “… I would like to remind you once again how fate brought us together with this extremely versatile man, an artist from Polissya. In 2006, Stanislav Antonyuk's painting "Memories of Father and Ukraine" (2006) was purchased by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and transferred to the funds of the Museum of Arts (Regional Art Museum). This painting was first exhibited in October 2009 at the exhibition "Knights of Steppe Greece", dedicated to the Day of the Cossacks. Moreover, at our invitation, the artist came from Zhytomyr to the opening of this exhibition. After some time, Stanislav Antonovych decided to transfer to the museum's collection two of his works - "Memories of Mother and Ukraine" (2009) and "Memories of Ukraine" (2004). Later, we constantly communicated with him and maintained friendly relations. By the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, the decision was made to open a personal exhibition of works entitled "I will draw water from a well, I will draw good", which Stanislav Antonovich wrote with a philosophical connotation - "For the thirsty I spiritually draw wells", which featured 36 paintings master. This exhibition is a true embodiment of the artist's dream of presenting a kind of artistic opening of various wells and wells in Ukraine. During the opening of the exhibition, Stanislav Antonyuk donated to the museum funds the works "Cabbage by the Well" and "Overgrown Path to the Well" (2002).

In February 2014, the museum received a letter from Stanislav Antonovich with a proposal for cooperation, namely - to transfer to the stock collection a collection of paintings "well-themed". In the autumn of the same year, the museum staff went to Zhytomyr, visited the artist's studio and moved the collection to our city. The artist also decided to transfer oil paintings "Peonies" (2011), "Kamyanka River in Winter" (1996) and "Near the Red Bridge in Sednev" (2010). In 2015, Stanislav Antonovych donated a painting "Bread of Ukraine" (2011) to the museum.

Today, the collection of the Museum of Arts houses 46 paintings by the master.

For reference: Antonyuk Stanislav Antonovych was born on February 7, 1941 in the city of Przemy?l, Lviv region. When World War II began, the family of the future artist was evacuated to the village of Simakivka, Novgorod-Volyn district, Zhytomyr region. After the war, the family moved to the village. Rzhatkivka, Novohrad-Volynskyi district. In 1948, the young man began studying at Rzhatkivska four-year primary school, then studied at Novograd-Volynskaya secondary school № 3 them. Michurin.

He started painting at the age of fifteen, surprising others with his ability to express his thoughts accurately through drawing, and attended a fine arts group at the House of Pioneers. In 1959 he moved to Kyiv. He worked as a locksmith in "Pivdenenergomontazh", and then a senior laboratory assistant at the Institute of Metal Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In his spare time he attended fine arts studios.

In 1961 Stanislav Antonovych entered Kyiv School of Applied Arts at the Faculty of Artistic Weaving (now Kyiv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design named after Mykhailo Boychuk). Artists-teachers: Lyudmila Zhogol - composition, Anatoliy Yanin - painting, Viktor Kochevsky - drawing, Nina Gan - plastic anatomy. Cooperation and training of masters who are the pride of the Ukrainian art school (D. Shostak, M. Maksymenko) contributed to the further development of professionalism, thanks to which he inscribes his original and bright page in the history of fine arts of Ukraine. After serving in the army, he worked as a graphic artist at various enterprises, and from 1975 to 1990 - a senior artist at the Bureau of Industrial Aesthetics of the Khimvolokno plant.

Since 2000, Stanislav Antonyuk has been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Since 2006 he has been a regular participant of plein airs in Sedniv village, Chernihiv region. He took part in the V All-Ukrainian art plein air "Khortytsia through the ages". In 2007 he was awarded a commemorative medal for his participation in the All-Ukrainian Landscape Exhibition "Memorial of AI Kuindzhi" in Melitopol, and in 2008 he received a diploma of the first All-Ukrainian exhibition of still life.

Stanislav Antonovich is a multiple participant of regional, republican and international exhibitions. He has participated in more than 49 All-Ukrainian art exhibitions in his creative work.

Stanislav Antonyuk's paintings adorn the collections of the most famous museums of Ukraine, as well as private collections of the Baltic States, France, Germany, the USA and Switzerland. His works were purchased by the Directorate of Art Exhibitions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.

The artist works fruitfully in the technique of easel painting, genres of portrait, still life, landscape. Still, Stanislav Antonyuk's favorite genres are still life and landscape. The creativity of the master is characterized by decorativeness, ornamental approach in the creation of picturesque planes. He prefers a realistic manner, thoughtfully pays attention to color, his paintings are bright and emotional performance. And you can kindly envy the extraordinary efficiency of this artist. In 2005, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Victory in the Second World War, he painted 60 portraits - participants in hostilities, veterans with further display in the exhibition hall of the Zhytomyr Union of Artists of Ukraine. The following year he painted 20 portraits of participants - liquidators of Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.

Twenty-two paintings, fifteen of them of the so-called thematic "well-cycle", were presented at the jubilee exhibition of works "Life-giving force" by Stanislav Antonyuk, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, presented at the Museum of Arts. After all, wells are a symbol of life-giving power, purity, healing water, inspiration. And water is the carrier of life for everyone on earth. The wells on Antonyuk's canvases are symbols of goodness, comfort, well-being, filled with subtle lyricism, peace and symbolize the sources of spirituality of the Ukrainian people: Well over the river Sluch in Horodnytsia ”and“ Laying to the well ”(2003),“ Sunny morning in Sedniv ”and“ Well in Sedniv ”(2008),“ Well drowned in the garden ”and“ Village house window ”(2009),“ The orphaned well ”(2010),“ Well in the night ”(2010),“ Well in the village of Bronzova Guta ”(2013).

Each person, house, well, has its own history, its own secret… The artist comes from Lviv region, and the wells in the local villages were named after those whose houses they were - "Grandma Elena's Well" and "Old Grandma Jadwiga's Well" (2010) , "The Loneliness of Baba Maria" (2009).

Boundless love for the native land, life, traditions and customs of the Ukrainian people, their parents is reflected in the triptych "Memories of Ukraine" (2004-2009): "Memories of Ukraine" (2004), "Memories of my father and Ukraine" (2006) , "Memories of Mother and Ukraine" (2009) and the painting "Bread of Ukraine" (2011).

Picturesque landscapes with ease and gentle play of colors: "Kamyanka River in Winter" (1996) and "Near the Red Bridge in Sednev" (2010), still life "Peonies" (2011).

"For me, the most important thing is a complex color. I do not whitewash paints, I do not put open colors. Ever since I first noticed the desire to become an artist, I have been constantly learning and improving, ”says the master of the brush about the color of his works. 

Antonyuk Stanislav Antonovych is one of the leading realist artists of Ukraine, who defends the traditions of Ukrainian fine arts and preserves the unique individuality of thinking, while always emphasizing his involvement in Ukrainian culture.

The staff of the Art Museum sincerely congratulates Stanislav Antonovich on the anniversary and the opening of a personal exhibition! We wish you many years of health, creative inspiration and realization of all your plans and dreams!

 

Curator of the exhibition - Olena Stepanok

- Head of the Department of Scientific and Educational work Kropyvnytskyi Art Museum