Mychajlo Derehus
Mykhailo Hordiiovych Derehus (born December 5, 1904, Vesele, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Kharkovsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire — July 31, 1997, Kyiv, Ukraine) was a Soviet Ukrainian graphic artist, painter and educator. In 1969 he was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize. His work is held in the collection of the Kuindzhi Art Museum, Mariupol, Ukraine.
Also recorded as Mykhailo Hordiiovych Derehus · Mykhailo Derehus · Mikhail Deregus · Mikhail Gordeevich Deregus
Mychajlo Derehus
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- Born
- 1904 · Vesele.
- Died
- 1997 · Kyiv.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Ukraine
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator · graphic artist
- Fields
- painting · graphics · illustration
- Education
- Kharkiv Institute of Arts · Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts
- Teachers
- Mykhailo Sharonov · Semyon Prokhorov · Alex Coquel · Mykola Burachek
- Honours
- Order of Lenin · Order of the Badge of Honour · People's Painter of the USSR · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Order of Friendship of Peoples · Medal For Distinguished Labour
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Mykhailo Hordiiovych Derehus (born December 5, 1904, Vesele, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Kharkovsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire — July 31, 1997, Kyiv, Ukraine) was a Soviet Ukrainian graphic artist, painter and educator. In 1969 he was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize. His work is held in the collection of the Kuindzhi Art Museum, Mariupol, Ukraine.
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Life and work
Life and work
Mychajlo Derehus studied at Kharkiv Institute of Arts and Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts. Training under Mykhailo Sharonov, Semyon Prokhorov and Alex Coquel is recorded. Borys Yosypovych Vaks, Vasyl Perevalsky and Viktor Poltavets are recorded as having studied under Mychajlo Derehus. The field of work recorded is painting, graphics and illustration. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are graphics and illustration. Employment is recorded with Kharkiv Institute of Arts, Kharkiv State School of Art and National Art Museum of Ukraine. Work by Mychajlo Derehus is recorded in the collections of National Art Museum of Ukraine, National Museum Тaras Shevchenko, Poltava Local History Museum, Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum and Zaporizhzhia Regional Art Museum. Distinctions recorded are Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Painter of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
Derehus' expressionist lithographs illustrated the 1936 edition of Ivan Kotliarevsky's Eneïda. He also illustrated the works of Nikolai Gogol, Lesya Ukrainka, Marko Vovchok, and Natan Rybak. He was Chairman of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine from 1955 to 1962.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Mychajlo Derehus worked in painting, graphics and illustration. He was employed by Kharkiv Institute of Arts, Kharkiv State School of Art, National Art Museum of Ukraine and National Union of Artists of Ukraine. He belonged to National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
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Mychajlo Derehus is recorded as having studied at Kharkiv Institute of Arts and Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts.
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1904
Mychajlo Derehus was born in 1904 at Vesele.
1997
Mychajlo Derehus died in 1997 at Kyiv.
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Vesele.
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Kyiv.
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Legacy
• Illustration — A ₴2 coin commemorating Derehus. A bronze plaque at 9 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv, commemorates where Derehus lived from 1973 to 1997. On 25 October 2004, the National Bank of Ukraine put into circulation a commemorative coin with a face value of ₴2, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Deregus. In 2019, a street in Kyiv was named after him.
Collections
Collections
Derehus' work is held in the following permanent collections: • Kuindzhi Art Museum, Mariupol, Ukraine • National Museum Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine
Recognition and collections
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Recognition and collections
Mychajlo Derehus received Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Painter of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples and Medal "For Distinguished Labour".
Awards
• 1969: Shevchenko National Prize
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• Mykhailo Hordiiovych Derehus (1958) by Ivan Vrona • Derehus. Oforty = Derehus. Etchings (1971) by I. M. Verba • Художники України: 100 видатних імен / Khudoz︠h︡nyky Ukraïny: 100 vydatnykh imen = Artists of Ukraine: 100 prominent names. Kyiv: ArtEk, 2007. By Igor Sharov and Anatoly Tolstoukhov..
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- 1.Profil auf der Webpräsenz des Preiskomitees des Taras-Schewtschenko-Preises, abgerufen am 15. Oktober 2016 (ukrainisch)
- 2.Biografie Mychajlo Derehus auf art-nostalgie.com.ua; abgerufen am 15. Oktober 2016 (ukrainisch)
- 3.Kurzbiografie Mychajlo Derehus auf photo.ukrinform.ua; abgerufen am 15. Oktober 2016 (ukrainisch)
- 4.Kurzbiografie Mychajlo Derehus auf der Webpräsenz der Akademie der Künste der Ukraine, abgerufen am 15. Oktober 2016 (ukrainisch)
- 5.Webseite der Nationalbank der Ukraine; abgerufen am 15. Oktober 2016 (ukrainisch)
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Mychajlo Derehus studied at Kharkiv Institute of Arts and Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts. He trained under Mykhailo Sharonov, Semyon Prokhorov, Alex Coquel and Mykola Burachek. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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