Leonid Ovsiyovych Muchnyk

Background

Leonid Muchnyk was born on December 17, 1896 in Odessa, Ukraine.

Education

Leonid Muchnyk studied at Grekov Odessa Art school from 1911 to 1914 under the guidance of K. Kostandi and G. Ladyzhenskyy.

Career

In 1919, Muchnyk entered the ranks of the Red Army and participated in battles.

Leonid Muchnyk worked at the Odessa Art Institute (now Grekov Odessa Art school) from 1930.

In 1934, his painting "Supply of Provision to the Battleship Potemkin" was shown at the 6th All-Ukrainian Exhibition in Kiev.

In 1935 he became a professor. Among his pupils were O.

Otsmanchuk, V. Vlasov, K. Lomikin, A. Soroka, S. Ryabchenko, K. Filatov.

In the postwar years, he continued to work fruitfully, focusing most of all on marine theme ("Cliff Virgo", "Fishing Harbor of Illichivsk".

From 1949 to 1957, Muchnyk also worked on a monumental canvas "The Rebellious Potemkinites Take the Body of the Murdered Vakulenchuk Ashore".

Besides, his personal exhibition took place in Odessa in 1963.

Leonid Muchnyk died on January 8, 1966 in Odessa, Ukraine.

Achievements

• Leonid Muchnyk was noted for his works "Supply of Provision to the Battleship Potemkin", "The Rebellious Potemkinites Take the Body of the Murdered Vakulenchuk Ashore" and "Gurzuf".
  
  Currently, his works are presented in the National Art Museum of Ukraine, in the Art Museums of Odessa and Kharkiv.

Works

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• painting

  • The Rebellious Potemkinites Take the Body of the Murdered Vakulenchuk Ashore

  • City Sketch

  • Male Portrait

  • Supply of Provision to the Battleship Potemkin

  • City Sketch

  • City Sketch

  • Gurzuf

  • Cliff Virgo

  • Fishing Harbor of Illichivsk

Connections

Student:

Oleksandr Atsmanchuk

Student:

Konstantin Lomykin

Student:

Arkadiy Soroka

Student:

V. Vlasov

Student:

S. Ryabchenko

Student:

K. Filatov

teacher:

Kyriak Kostandi

teacher:

Gennady Ladyzhensky