issue # 45-46 (1-2).2009
Page 46




Sheikh's daughter portrait. 2002. 65х45


Volodymyr Tytarenko

PETRO GANZHA


A famous Ukrainian artist Petro Ganzha celebrates his 70-s anniversary. This talented master of a paintbrush, inspired organizer of a great number of artistic events, really devoted to his matter person influenced on the state and policy of the modern folk art of Ukraine development. He was an encourager and organizer of the Folk art masters meeting «Sedniv – 88» that inspired a lot of masters to turn to the eternal ethnic Ukrainian traditions. Petro Ganzha brought into modern folk pictorial culture freshness of novelty, based upon eternal artistic traditions. Today the artist creates in the field of easel painting, developing his artistic talents, introduced to him by such leading artists as Roman Selskyiand Dmytro Krwavych. The author is – Volodymyr Tytarenko.



White, white winter carrying kolyada.
Triptych, fragment. 2002. 50х120.
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