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Although not all his paintings survived, those that did testified to a very prolific artistic life. It must be pointed out that he painted even when he was specifi cally forbidden to do so in a decree signed by Czar Nicholps of Russia. Let us recount, in a very short version, the life of Shevchenko as a painter. His zeal for painting was evident when he was a small boy and he white washed the family house or sketched his friends while “tending the lambs beyound the village." He speaks about this in his diary. Orphaned early in life, Shevchenko looked for someone to guide 1 him in this artistic endeavor. Shuffled from one deacon to another, the boy was told that he has no artisitic talent and would not even amount to a shoemaker or a copper. When he finally had the opportunity to study with a local artist, Taras Shevchenko, as a serf, had to work for his master, Engelheart, as a page boy. Master Engelheart, was an intelligent man and saw the enormous artistic potential of this young page. In Petersburg, he allowed the boy to study with the artist Shyrjev, with the idea that eventually he would have his own painter. Shevchenko was dedicated to his art. By day he worked and at night he sketched statues in the park. He thus met the artist Sochenko and Carl Briulov, whose influence is evident in Shevchenko’s paintings. The young artist created compositions using themes from ancient history, from the history of Russ’ Ukraine (the death of Princess Olha, death of Het’man Bohdan Chmelnytsky, etc). At this point Shevchenko was still a serf. In order to win his freedom, Briulov painted a portait of poet Zukovsky and sold it in a lottery drawing. The money collected bought Shevchenko’s freedom. In April of 1838 the future bard of Ukraine became a free man. Shev chenko’s art of that period leans toward realism. His self portrait depicts a young man, full or promise, strength and determination. In 1843 Shevchenko visited Ukraine. The doors to the most influential homes were opened to him, as we can see in the numerous portraits he painted of noted individuals. But he also painted scenes from villiage life — “The Apiary”, “A peasant family”, etc. It was at this time that he conceived the periodical “Ukraine in Pic tures" which was to consist of three major themes: scenes of exceptional beauty, or those tied to historical events; variations on the mode of life; historical scenes. Of the conceived 12 only 6 were published in Petersburg. Тарас Шевченко. Дві дівчини. Папір, офорт, акватинта. 1858 р. Taras Shevchenko. Two girls. Etching, aqautint., 1858. Тарас Шевченко. Щасливий ловець. Папір, сепія. 1856-1867 pp. Taras Shevchenko. Lucky catch. Sepia on paper. 1856-1857. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, БЕРЕЗЕНЬ 1989 19
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