Nikolay Shmatko
Nikolay Havrylovych Shmatko (Ukrainian: Николай Гаврилович Шматько) (17 August 1943 – 15 September 2020) was a Ukrainian sculptor and painter. He was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.[1]
In 2004, for his work "Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin" - a statue of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos "Hegumenia") for Sviato-Uspenskyi Sviatohorskyi Monastery - Shmatko was awarded the order of Nestor Letopisets by Volodymyr Sabodan, the Kiev Metropolitan, and all of Ukraine.[2]
Shmatko died on 15 September 2020 in Kiev at the age of 77.[3]
References
- ↑ Biennale Iinternazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea 2007, citta di Firenze (2007). Via R. Francardi 28 56128 Marina di Pisa (PI: Spaini & Partners. p. 678.
- ↑ Aseeva, Anna. The person from a marble 26 (July 18, 2008). Ukraine, Kiev.
- ↑ Умер украинский скульптор Николай Шматько (in Russian)