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Grigori Andreevich Shponko was born in 1926 in the village of Balki, Zaporozhye region, Ukraine. He drew much as a child. During World War II he lost two older brothers at the front, and he himself worked in the reconstruction of Kiev that had beeb destroyed in the war.
Shponko studied in the master class of famous professor Trokhimenko in the Painting Department of the Kiev Art Institute, and under professors M. Sharonov, E. Konstantin, and G. Melikhov until his graduation in 1954. He became a member of the Artists’ Union of the Ukraine that same year under academician Tatyana Yablonskaya’s recommendations. He participated in the restoration of the legendary Sevastopol panorama by Rubo, later working as a painter-decorator in the Kiev Opera and Ballet theater under the direction of Anatoli Petritskogo. He has participated in many Ukrainian and All-Union Art Exhibitions in the Ukraine and Moscow. His works are included in the collections of several museums:
- The Nikolaev Art Museum: “On the Open Space”
- The Dnepropotrovsk Art Museum: “Poultry-maid”
- The Donetsk Art Museum: “The Summer Court Yard”
Many of his works are also included in official and private collections all over the world.
Shponko’s works have been published in several books and journals, including:
- “Arts”. Moscow (magazine)
- “Ukraine”. Kiev (magazine)
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