Soviet artist Yuly Yatchenko

One of the notable works of Soviet artist Yuly Yatchenko – “With the dream of peace. Rescuing works of Dresden Art Gallery by Soviet troops in 1945”. Image scanned from Soviet magazine “Ogonyok”

Soviet artist Yuly Yatchenko (born 1928, Chernigov region) graduated from Kiev art institute (1953), workshops of artists Sharonov and Grigoryev. Yuly Yatchenko worked as a head teacher, director, teacher of special disciplines in the Kiev art school named after Taras Shevchenko. He is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Arts of the Ukrainian SSR, Professor. Since 1963 he has been working at the department of drawing at the Art Institute (now – National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture), to which he gave more than fifty years of life. Since 1979 – Professor. Yatchenko – participant of the republican and All-Union exhibitions since 1956. In the same (1956) he became a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukrainian SSR. From 1971 to 2008, he spent more than ten solo exhibitions.

Yu Yatchenko. With the dream of peace. Rescuing works of Dresden Art Gallery by Soviet troops in 1945

Bread growers. Oil on canvas Painting by Soviet artist Yuly Yatchenko

Creative themes of the wizard are sufficiently versatile – historical era of Kievan Rus (“Prince Yaroslav the Wise”, “Prince Vladimir”, “Prince Igor in Kiev”, “Escape of Prince Igor from captivity,” “Princess Yaroslavna”), paintings depicting portraits and scenes of the Second World War, landscape paintings, still lifes and others. Works by Soviet artist, Honored Worker of Arts of the Ukrainian SSR, Professor Yuly Yatchenko are kept in art museums in Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Nikolaev, Chernovetsky, Chernigov and Kharkov.