Lyubov Mykhailivna Panchenko (Ukrainian: Любов Михайлівна Панченко; 2 February 1938 – 30 April 2022) was a Ukrainian visual artist and fashion designer. She was a member of the Ukrainian Women's Union.[1] She belonged to the Sixtiers, a group of artists of the sixties who revived Ukrainian culture during the Khrushchev Thaw.
Lyubov Panchenko | |
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| Любов Панченко | |
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| Born | 2 February 1938 |
| Died | 30 April 2022 (aged 84) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Ukrainian Academy of Printing |
| Known for | fashion design, watercolour painting, embroidery, fabric collages, linocut |
| Movement | Sixtiers |
| Awards | Vasyl Stus Prize |
Biography
editEducation and artistic career
editLyubov Mykhailivna Panchenko was born on 2 February 1938 in the village of Yablunka, which is now a suburb of Bucha, Ukraine.[2] In the late 1950s she graduated from the embroidery department of the Kyiv School of Applied Arts. Later, she worked in a tailoring workshop and at the same time expanded her horizons of knowledge of art, becoming interested in linocut. In 1968 she entered the Faculty of Graphics of the Ukrainian Academy of Printing.[3] In the 1960s she joined the Club of Creative Youth and became a member of its literary section, Brama.[1]
Panchenko worked at the Design and Engineering Technological Institute as a fashion designer and at the Republican House of Models. At that time, her bright talent flourished: she created a series of watercolours, clothing models, embroidery patterns, graphic screensavers for books, and paintings. Many of her embroidery works were showcased in Soviet Woman.[1]
Panchenko defended the Ukrainian language and culture. She painted pysanka Easter eggs, embroidered Ukrainian national costumes for choirs, and raised money to help political prisoners serving sentences for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda".[1] With her participation, the tradition of koliadka caroling and vertep nativity scenes was revived in Kyiv.[4]
Panchenko was awarded the Vasyl Stus Prize in 2001.[5] Because of the evident Ukrainian folk inspirations in her work, she never had an exhibition during the Soviet era. She relied financially on her fashion work and embroidery.[4]
Death
editDuring the Battle of Bucha, which occurred early on during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Panchenko was forced to remain inside her house for a month without food.[6] After Russian troops left the city, she was taken to a hospital in Kyiv, where for nearly a month doctors tried to save her life. She never recovered and died there on 30 April 2022 at the age of 84.[7]
Exhibited works
editIn 2008, the National Museum of Literature of Ukraine exhibited the anniversary exhibition of Lyubov Panchenko. Yevhen Sverstiuk, a human rights activist and poet at the time, remarked: “These works clearly bear the stamp of genius. She lives in her world, she opens this world to us."[3]
In 2014, the National Museum of Literature of Ukraine mounted the exhibition "My World!" («Світе мій!»).[8]
Panchenko's works are exhibited in private collections and in the Museum of the Sixties in Kyiv.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Konchakivska, Victoria. "Любов Панченко – жива легенда української творчості" [Lyubov Panchenko is a living legend of Ukrainian creativity]. Buchanski Novyni (in Ukrainian). Bucha, Ukraine. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ Popudribko, Natalia (3 February 2023). ""Роками невідома художниця, про яку почули після трагедії у Бучі": про що виставка "Дивовижний світ Любові Панченко"" ["An unknown artist for years, who was heard about after the tragedy in Bucha": what the exhibition "Wonderful World of Lyubov Panchenko" is about]. Suspilne Kultura. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ a b Vdovenko, N. "Карпатські мелодії [виставка акварелей Любові Панченко]" [Carpathian melodies [watercolor exhibition of Lyubov Panchenko]] (in Ukrainian). National Technical University of Ukraine "Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute". Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Tatarenko, Irina (1 May 2022). "Любов Панченко: Її Душа – У Полотнах" [Lyubov Panchenko: her soul is in the canvases]. Marie Claire (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Премія імені Василя Стуса" [Prize named after Vasyl Stuz]. PEN Ukraine. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ Lysychkina, Lyubava (30 April 2022). "Не зламав КДБ, але не пережила російських окупантів: померла відома художниця Любов Панченко" [Did not break the KGB, but did not survive the Russian occupiers: the famous artist Lyubov Panchenko died]. Big Kyiv (in Ukrainian). Greater Kyiv Information Agency. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Shulzhenko, Daria (4 July 2022). "Ukrainian artist Liubov Panchenko died after month of starvation in Russian-occupied Bucha". Kyiv Independent. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ Shapiro, Olena (5 June 2014). "Світ Любові Панченко. У Києві відкрито виставку акварелей і декоративних розписів мисткині-шестидесятниці" [The world of Lyubov Panchenko An exhibition of watercolors and decorative paintings by the sixties artist has opened in Kyiv]. The Day (Kyiv). No. 102. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
Literature
edit- Любов Панченко: повернення: альбом / передм. Олена Лодзинська, Василь Перевальський, Діана Клочко ; упорядн. Олена Лодзинська, Любов Крупник ; переклад на англ. Ольга Грабар, Соломія Джаман, Олексій Плохотюк ; дизайн Олексій Чекаль. — Київ-Харків: Видавець Олександр Савчук, 2021. — 256 с., 270 іл. —
ISBN 978-617-7538-74-4.
Further reading
edit- Ovcharenko, Eduard (9 October 2022). "Повернення Любові Панченко" [The return of Lyubov Panchenko]. TV channel I-UA. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- Snow, Emily (20 May 2023). "Lyubov Panchenko: Remembering the Ukrainian Artist". Daily Art Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
External links
edit
- Biographical information about Panchenko from the Ukrainian Animation Association
- Kyryan, Nadiya (15 February 2010). "Не під чужу дудку, а під свою" [Not under someone else's pipe, but under your own]. Slovoprosvity (in Ukrainian). self-published. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.