Oil painting Garden Masik Vladimir Ilyich

№Vern 424


*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Garden"
* ARTISTS: Masik Vladimir Ilyich
* SIZE: 48x72 cm/'18.89x28.34 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, cardboard
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection

* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product
* This item was auctioned in Kiev auction

About the artist: Ukrainian painter and graphic artist.
Vladimir Ilyich Masik was born on June 7, 1917 in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk) into a large family of a worker. In 1918, the family moved to Konotop, where the artist’s childhood passed. Here he graduated from the seven-year school at the train and car repair plant and began working as a joiner-modeller. During his studies, Vladimir began to attend the art studio of the Konotop railway club. Classes were held by artists A. Hoffman and V. Zabolotny. A. Hoffman graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts and, for family reasons, moved to Konotop, and was serious about teaching at a working art studio. It was he who first drew attention to the capabilities of the young Masik and began to deal with him individually. In 1934, the work of the young artist "In the Foundry" was purchased directly from the exhibition of the students, which was organized in Chernigov. On the recommendation of Hoffmann, Vladimir Masik in 1935 was sent to study at the Dnepropetrovsk Art College, where he entered immediately into his second year. Masik studied at the technical school with the famous artist-realist M. Panin and with such talented teachers as P. Alekhin, V. Korenev, E. Sagaidachny. Here he began his friendship with the famous artist V. Puzyrkov in the future.
After the successful completion of the technical school, in 1939, V.I. Masik entered the Kharkov Art Institute, from where he was drafted into the Red Army. At the beginning of World War II, having completed the Vladimir Infantry School under the accelerated program, the artist came to the front. In 1942, in the battles near Orel, he was seriously wounded. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals.
The artist returned to his native Konotop in 1943 as a war invalid. The result of front-line sketches was the first personal exhibition in the factory club.
When the staff of the Kiev Art Institute returns from evacuation to Kiev, Vladimir Ilyich decides to continue his studies there. He studied with K. Trohimenko, M. Sharonov, V. Kostetsky, G. Melikhov., A. Sirotenko. After graduating from the institute in 1950, he worked for some time as the director of the school of arts and crafts in Kiev, then he devoted himself completely to creativity.
He took part in exhibitions: republican - since 1954, all-union - since 1958, foreign - since 1963.
Many personal exhibitions of the artist took place.
He was engaged in illustration, worked on the creation of bookplates and various print techniques that brought him the glory of the virtuoso of the incisor. He took an active part in the creation of the exhibition "The architectural ensemble of the Kiev-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve."
It is generally accepted that Masik's talent was most clearly manifested in graphic art, but the series of landscapes created in the 70s and 80s of the Kyiv region, the Baltic states, Crimea, the Carpathians and the Caucasus, performed by tempera and pastel, also demonstrated the breadth of the artist's pictorial skill.
In 1977, Masik V.I. received the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine.
Vladimir Ilyich Masik died on September 12, 1996 in Kiev.
The artist’s works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery and many art museums in Ukraine.