Background

Ryabchenko was born in Aleksandriya, Ukraine, on June 1, 1923.

Education

Sergey Ryabchenko attended the Grekov Odessa Art school, and graduated from it in 1953. Among his teachers were Leonid Muchnyk and Moses Mutselmaher.

Career

Ryabchenko was a participant of the Great Patriotic War. When he was demobilized he worked in the field of easel graphics. Ryabchenko presented his first paintings at a republican exhibition in 1954. From 1956 Sergey Ryabchenko took part in a number of international exhibitions. In 1957 he was a participant of the All-Union show.

His major artworks include a series of etchings and linocuts "Landscapes of Odessa" (1954-1961); a series of lithographs "Military Fleet" (1959-1960); a series of linocuts "The Legendary Heroes of the Civil War" (1963-1965) and others.

Achievements

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  Sergey Ryabchenko was a remarkable artist of his time, who was notable not only for his paintings but graphics, engravings and etchings as well. As a veteran of the Second World War, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star and several other medals.

Works

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  • Felix Dzerzhinsky

  • Kamenica

  • Ship torpedoists

  • On the watch

  • Odessa. Fountain at the Opera House

  • Odessa. City Garden in winter

  • Everyday life of the shipyard

  • In the small dock

  • The Potemkin Stairs

  • Stroganov Bridge

  • Odessa. The bridge on Lizoguba str.

  • At the pier

  • Palanga

  • Lastotchkin Descent

  • On Primorsky Boulevard

  • Terminal

  • The cruiser Sverdlov in a Harbor

  • Parkhomenko

  • Vasya

  • Odessa. Snow Day

  • Odessa. Square near the station

  • Whalers

  • Illichivsk. Road to berths

  • Odessa. Peresyp

  • Odessa. Quarantine bastion

  • Corner of Moscow

  • Evening in the raid

  • Bridge

  • In Port

  • Lastotchkin Descent

  • Mark Ozerny

  • Snow River

  • Odessa. Sabaneev Bridge

  • Olexa Dundić

  • Ilyichevsk Ship Repair Plant

  • City Garden. Alcove

  • Untitled

  • Old Elm

Connections

teacher:

Leonid Muchnyk

Leonid Muchnyk (1896-1966) was a Ukrainian painter, known for his landscapes, urban views and multifigured compositions that reflect the historic and heroic events of the Black Sea Fleet.