Dioniziy Sholdra

• Name — Dioniziy Sholdra • Born — 16 October 1925 • Birthplace — Ternopil • Died — 29 September 1995 • Place of death — Ternopil • Education — University of Innsbruck, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna • Occupation — Painter, architect, and restorer • Illustration — Memorial sign to Dioniziy Sholdra in Ternopil (8 Lystopadova Street)

He was born on 16 October 1925 in Ternopil. The house where the artist spent his childhood has been preserved to this day at 8 Lystopadova Street. He studied at the Polish-language Second Ternopil Gymnasium. In March 1944, he left for the West. He studied painting, art history, and restoration theory at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. In 1952, he became a member of the Ukrainian Artist's Association in USA. He studied painting and practical restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. From 1958 to 1965, he was a professor at Ainberg and Valizer. In 1975, Sholdra opened a restoration workshop in New York City (at the corner of 45th Street and 5th Avenue). Here he restored works of art, including pastels by Pablo Picasso and paintings by Salvador Dalí, whom he met on several occasions. In 1982, the workshop and his creative work were destroyed by fire. Two works were saved: a portrait of his daughter "Liuba" and a still life by French painter B. Nouville, which was later restored by Sholdra but disappeared in Kyiv in 1994 under unexplained circumstances. He returned to his homeland during the time of Independent Ukraine. From 1993 to 1995, he worked as the head of the restoration workshop at the Ternopil Regional Art Museum. He died on 29 September 1995 in Ternopil. He was buried in the Mykulynetskyi cemetery.

Solo exhibitions: • Lethbridge, Canada, 1965 • New York City, USA, 1983 • Kyiv, Ukraine, 1994 • Ternopil, Ukraine, 1995, 2005, 2015, 2023, 2025.