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Dmytro Dunaievskyi

1905 – 1944

Ukrainian painter, participant in the national liberation struggle

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Lived 1905 – 1944 (aged 38–39). Dmytro Dunaievskyi was a painter and military personnel.

Dmytro Dunaievskyi (; 26 October 1905 – July 1944) was a Ukrainian painter and a participant in the national liberation struggle. Member of the Ukrainian art circle "" in Warsaw (1928–1939).

Biography Dmytro Dunaievskyi was born on 26 October 1905, in Berestechko, now Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.

In 1925, he graduated from the Lviv Art and Industrial School. In 1927, he completed his studies at the Oleksa Novakivskyi Art School in Lviv, and in 1932, at the Warsaw Academy of Arts (his specialized teachers were M. Kotarbiński and T. Pruszkowski).

He was a participant in the liberation struggle as part of the Halychyna Division. He was a like-minded individual and comrade-in-arms of Nil Khasevych. He died in July 1944 near Brody, Lviv Oblast.

Creativity He painted landscapes and portraits, in which realism and impressionism can be traced. From 1926, he participated in exhibitions in Kosmach, Lviv, Warsaw, Lutsk, Rivne, and Kremenets.

He created a series of portraits of prominent figures in Ukrainian history and culture, and landscapes of Volyn, among which are: "Vyd na Lysu horu" (1929), "Yurii Lypa", "" (both — 1930s), "Tserkva na Kozatskykh mohylakh kolo Berestechka", "Hutsulka", "Natiurmort", "Lirnyk", "Etyud", "Hirskyy potik", "Sosny v Berestechku" (all — 1930), "Mlyn u ", "Tserkva u seli Soloniv bilia Berestechka", "Kraievyd z Volyni", "Tsvyntar", "Mlyn" (all — 1931), "Donechka" (1935), "Marko Bezruchko" (1938).

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Birth century
Died
1944, Brody
Education
Ivan Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts, Oleksa Novakivskyi Art School, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw

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Ukrainian painter, participant in the national liberation struggle

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Dmytro Dunaievskyi was born on 26 October 1905 in Berestechko.

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Dmytro Dunaievskyi died in 1944 in Brody.

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Dmytro Dunaievskyi was a painter and military personnel.

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· Wikipedia: Dmytro Dunaievskyi

· Wikidata: Q134636961

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