Ivan Trush, DNIEPR'S SCOPE UNDER KIJOV

17.0 x 24.0cm - oil, cardboard signed l.d.: Iw. Trusz

On the back, at the right edge, stamp: ISKRA & KARMAŃSKI | Nr. 116/8 | KRAKÓW; next to it, stamp of the Lvov depot of painting materials: [...] ALFONS ŁOPUSZAŃSKI | [...] Marjacki 8 | [...] Perfumerja | [...]; above in pencil: Rb./85.





Compare:

- Sunny chords in the palette of Ivan Trush. Works from the collection of the A. Szeptycki National Museum in Lviv, State Art Gallery in Sopot, 30 June - 25 September 2011, p. 51, cat. no. 37.



Every great artist has his own chosen theme, his favorite creation, to which he returns throughout his life. The leading place in the work of I. Trush is occupied by landscapes with views of the Dnieper (...), which adorn the national and world legacy of the artist. (...) The context of these works evokes deep meditations on the fate of the Ukrainian nation, its unity and national identity. In the poetic landscapes, the artist virtuosely creates an epic figure - a symbol of Ukraine, created in a monumental manner, with a panoramic scale, balanced by the means of color range.

Oksana Bil, [introduction], in Sunny Chords..., p. 13

Ivan Trusz (Vysotsk 1869 - Lviv 1941) studied at the Cracow School of Fine Arts under I. Jablonski, W. Luszczkiewicz, J. Unierzyski, L. Loeffler, and in 1895-97 also with L. Wyczółkowski and in the landscape studio of J. Stanislawski. In 1894 he went to Vienna and, as a free student, attended the local Academy of Fine Arts for a few weeks. In 1897 he studied equally briefly at the private school of A. Ažbe in Munich. After his studies he traveled extensively - twice, in 1902 and 1908 he was in Italy, later also in Palestine and Egypt, in 1901 and 1902 he traveled to Crimea, traveled in Ukraine. He lived permanently in Lviv, where there is now a museum dedicated to him in the artist's former home. He was primarily a landscape painter - he painted landscapes from distant travels and atmospheric landscapes from Ukraine. He also created portraits and genre scenes with Hutsul themes. He was an illustrator and worked with the Ukrainian theater in Lviv. He was involved in art criticism, writing articles for and working on the editorial board of the Ukrainian magazines "Buducznist," "Literaturno-Naukovyj Vistnik," and "Artystycznyj Vistnik."