Oleksii Shovkunenko

He took part in the exhibitions of the Society of South Russian Artists from 1913 to 1919 and was a member of the Kostandi Society of Artists from 1924 to 1929. He taught at the Odessa Art Polytechnic from 1926 to 1929 and at the Art Institute from 1929 to 1935 and later at the Kyiv State Art Institute from 1936 to 1963. Shovkunenko painted many portraits, including some of prominent Ukrainian cultural figures (such as Pavlo Tychyna, Mykola Lysenko, and Oleksandr Bohomolets) and also he painted landscapes of Ukraine, Moscow and other areas.

Oleksii Shovkunenko studied at Hrekov Odesa Art school and Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Hryhorii Vasetskyi, Isak Tartakovsky and Rostyslav Vasylovych Sylvestrov are recorded as having studied under Oleksii Shovkunenko. The recorded working language is Ukrainian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Kyiv and Odesa. Employment is recorded with Hrekov Odesa Art school and National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture. Distinctions recorded are People's Painter of the USSR, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR.

• Name — Oleksii Shovkunenko • Born — 21 March 1884 • Birthplace — Kherson, Russian Empire • Died — 12 March 1974 • Place of death — Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR • Resting Place — Baikove Cemetery, Kyiv • Education — Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts • Occupation — Painter • Awards — Shevchenko National Prize

Oleksii Shovkunenko is recorded as having studied at Hrekov Odesa Art school and Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts.