Died honored Artist of Ukraine Eugene Beznisko
July 11 in 77-year, died honored artist of Ukraine, laureate of Shevchenko Award Eugene Beznisko.
Eugene Beznisko – author of the monument Yuri Drohobych in Drohobych, mosaics at the memorial cemetery Sich Riflemen on Mount Makivka and a memorial chapel NKVD victims in Zolochiv castle.
Artist born in Kyiv region in the town Kagarlyk. But fate has linked it to Lviv, where the artist graduated from the Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts. Also in Lviv Yevgeny Ivanovich married talented female sculptor Feodosiya ripples with whom he lived 41 years. Back in 1999, the sculptor passed away.
In his workshops (which is now a memorial museum-workshop Feodosiya Bryzh Street. Martovych 5) is always going to Lviv and Kyiv intelligentsia often out of town. Visiting the couple visited Mykolaichuk, Nicholas Vingranovsky, Lina Kostenko Dmitry Pavlichko, Alla Horska, Sergei Danchenko, Ivan Drach, Bohdan Stupka is celebrating 50 years, Miroslav Skorik, Strygun family and others.
Nearly 40 years, the artist worked on the forts and Lenore based on the works of Ivan Franko (“Moses”, “Death of Cain”, “Funeral,” “Christ and the Cross,” “Minerva”, etc. ..), Ukrainian Lesya (“Forest Song” “In the catacombs,” “Obsessed”, “Babylonian captivity”) and Basil Stefanik. In 1997 and 2004 he worked in the Chernobyl zone – created 45 pastels. In its artistic heritage huge number of portraits of prominent cultural and public figures – a portrait of Joseph Blind (who gave in 1996 Pope John Paul II), a bronze copy of the monument to Danylo Galician in Vladimir-Volyn (by the late artist’s wife Teodoziya Bryzh).
In 2005 Ye.Beznisko visited Egypt, where he rose Franko Moses, a new reinterpreted this work and created a series of colored pastels.
Overall artist had 19 solo exhibitions. His works are in museums in France, Canada, USA and Argentina.