Artist of Lutsk Gavrilo Ostapenko
Abstract
The article examines the life and work of Gavril Ostapenko, his cultural and social activities, the formation of the artist's creative personality. The name of Gavril Nikiforovich Ostapenko is little known to the general public. However, today the works of the artist attract the attention of museum workers and art critics. In them, using the language of color and line, rather than dry numbers and facts, the artist easily and simply, with sincere admiration and great artistic taste, tells about the city in which he lives, the streets of which he walks, observes its inhabitants. Looking at the works, we seem to turn the pages of the history of Lutsk, its changes - the artist has a monologue about this with the viewer: touching, sincere, sometimes naive. Almost all of G. Ostapenko's creative heritage is now in the funds of the Volyn Museum of Local Lore. It was deposited in 1972 - after the artist's death. GN Ostapenko's biography will not surprise with any unexpected facts, because it is typical for that time. He was born on the Don on March 26, 1892. He came to Volyn with his family for three years, becoming its resident forever. After World War I, in which he participated, he worked as a teacher of graphic arts in men's and women's high schools, men's gymnasium in Kovel. All his life the artist was engaged in his favorite thing. Talented by God, hardworking, attentive connoisseur of beauty, G. Ostapenko sought in his works to embody the eternal ideas of goodness, harmony, love, and - to preserve for posterity the beauty of his hometown. Love for life, chosen profession, admiration for the beauty of native places - these ideas were a priority for G. Ostapenko. Artist of the city… This is the name of this modest, talented man. Becoming one of the heroes of the city‟s history, he forever inscribed his name in the chronicle of Lutsk of the 20th century. His works encourage art critics to re-analyze G. Ostapenko's painting, evaluate it and determine the place and role of the artist in the artistic space of Volyn at the present stage.
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