Mykhailo Stepanovych Tkachenko (18 November 1860, Kharkiv,

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— 2 January 1916, Sloviansk,

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) was a Ukrainian painter who painted in an

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style with a Ukrainian flavor.

Biography

HTkachenkoe studied art under Dmytro Bezperchy. In 1879 he studied under Pavel Chistyakov at the

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, and between 1888 and 1892 under

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at the

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in Paris. He exhibited in a solo exhibition in Paris in 1906. Tkachenko big

Tkachenko was regarded as one of the great

painters of pre-WWI Paris. His works took inspiration from his native Ukraine. While living in Paris, he visited his homeland on an annual basis. His last visit was in 1915, when he was involved with the restoration of frescoes at the

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monastery. While underaking the work, he became ill and died. Tkachenko was buried in Kharkiv. Tkachenko's works are held in museums in Kharkiv,

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, Paris,

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, and

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References

External links

Biography and works by Mykhailo Tkachenko

Mykhailo Tkachenko. Album of works. Kyiv, 2010.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tkachenko, Mykhailo Ukrainian male painters Ukrainian Impressionist painters Artists from Kharkiv 1860 births 1916 deaths 19th-century Ukrainian artists 20th-century Ukrainian artists Knights of the Legion of Honour Ukrainian marine artists