Mykhailo Omelianovych Havrylko (;

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, Kozatski Khutory near Runivshchyna, now

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– autumn

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) was a Ukrainian

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

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poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

, and

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. Member of the Ukrainian Social-Democratic Workers' Party, the

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(1914). Participant of the Liberation Movement as a member of the

Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (; ) was a Ukrainian unit within the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War. Scope The unit was formed in August 1914 on the initiative of the Supreme Ukrainian Council. It was composed of members o ...

and the UPR Army (1915–1919).Гаврилко Михайло Омелянович
/ В. М. Ханко // Енциклопедія Сучасної України �лектронний ресурс/ Редкол. : І. М. Дзюба, А. І. Жуковський, М. Г. Железняк �а ін.; НАН України, НТШ, К. : Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України, 2006, Останнє поновлення : 2016.

Biography

In 1904, he graduated from the Myrhorod Art and Industrial School (teacher –

Opanas Slastion Opanas Heorhiiovych Slastion (, – September 24, 1933) was a Ukrainian graphic artist, painter, and ethnographer. He was born in the port town of Berdiansk (now Ukraine) on the Berdyansk Gulf of the Sea of Azov. He studied at the Imperial ...

), in 1905 – from the St. Petersburg School of Technical Drawing, in 1912 – from the Kraków Academy of Arts (studio of

Konstanty Laszczka Konstanty Laszczka (born 3 September 1865 in Makowiec Duży; died 23 March 1956 in Kraków) was a Polish sculptor, painter, graphic artist, as well as professor and rector (academia), rector of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Las ...

), and trained with the sculptor

Antoine Bourdelle Antoine Bourdelle (; 30 October 1861 – 1 October 1929), born Émile Antoine Bordelles, was an influential and prolific French sculptor and teacher. He was a student of Auguste Rodin, a teacher of Giacometti and Henri Matisse, and an important ...

(Paris). From 1918, he was the head of the communication team of the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Rifle Cossack Division in

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. At the end of 1919 he arrived in Poltava. In the fall of 1920, he commanded an insurgent detachment near Poltava, where he was executed.

Family

In 1912, Havrylko sculpted a bust of Olena Hordiievska, whom he married on 23 September 1917; were married in the Church of the Dormition in

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. They raised two daughters, Liubov-Svitlana (b. 1918) and Nadiia-Oksana (b. 1919).

Creativity

Havrylko received an order from the management of the consumer cooperative to make a bust of

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (; ; 9 March 1814 – 10 March 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist, and ethnographer. He was a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of the Brotherhood o ...

to be installed in the villages of Poltava Oblast. The main theme is Shevchenkiana. Participated in 4 international competitions for the design of a monument to Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv (1910 – 1st prize). He published a poetry collection "Na rumovyschah" (1909, Kraków). Some of his works are kept in the Myrhorod Museum of Regional and the Odesa Museum of Regional History.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Havrylko, Mykhailo 1882 births 1920 deaths Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni Ukrainian male sculptors Ukrainian male painters Ukrainian male poets

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