Ivan Padalka
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Ivan Ivanovych Padalka(Ukrainian: Івaн Івaнович Пaдалка: 15 November 1894, Zhornoklyovy, currentlyCherkasy Raion— 13 July 1937,Kyiv) was a Ukrainian painter, art professor and author who was executed by the Soviet regime during theGreat Terror.
Ivan Padalka | |
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Іван Падалка | |
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Born | 15 November 1894 Zhornoklyovy, Ukraine |
Died | 13 July 1937 Kyiv, Ukraine |
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
Known for | Painting |
Biography
[edit]Ivan Padalka was one of eight children born to a farming family of modest means. He began his education at the local parish school, where he first displayed a talent for art. His abilities were noticed by a local nobleman, who helped him to finance studies at the State Ceramics Vocational School inMyrhorod,taught byOpanas Slastion.His work was often held up as a model for the class. He worked there until 1913, when he was excluded for organizing revolutionary activities.
He then went toPoltavaand found a position at theEthnographic Museum ,where they made copies of Ukrainian carpet designs for a weaving workshop in Kyiv owned byBogdan Khanenko,who was a major patron of the arts. His earnings enabled him to enroll at the short-lived Kyiv Art School. His works were regularly exhibited there, and he began to illustrate children's books.[1]
In 1917, after finishing his studies at the Kyiv Art School, he transferred to theUkrainian State Academy of Arts,where he became a student in the workshop ofMykhailo Boychuk.[2]While there, he was largely involved in decorative work for buildings, designing posters and creating various propaganda materials for public display. Pedalka received a commission from the State Publishing House to illustrate a collection of children's stories calledБарвінок(Periwinkle), on which he worked together with Boychuk's younger brotherTymofiy.
After graduating in 1920, he returned to Myrhorod and became a teacher at his former ceramics school. Later, he taught the same subject at a technical school in Kyiv. His proficiency in his chosen specialty was widely recognized, so he was able to secure a position at theKharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts,where he worked from 1925 to 1934. That year, he returned to Kyiv to accept an appointment as a Professor at the State Academy.[2]
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In 1936, he was arrested and tortured by theNKVDon charges of counterrevolutionary activities, relating Ukrainian nationalism. In July 1937, he wasexecuted by firing squad,[3]together with his former mentor and friend,Mykhailo Boychuk,and the painterVasily Sedlyar.He was posthumously "rehabilitated" in 1958 by the Soviet Government.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"Ivan Padalka | abart".cs.isabart.org.Retrieved2022-10-29.
- ^abcBrief biography@ theInternet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- ^"Списки жертв — Падалка Иван Иванович".НИПЦ «Мемориал».RetrievedJanuary 8,2024.
External links
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- Detailed biography@Rodovid
- Марко Роберт Стех «Очима культури» № 37. "The Heritage of Boychukism"@ The Kharkiv Regional Society
- "The Cock was a Braggart",folk poem with illustrations by Padalka