Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Тарас Григорович Шевченко; was born 25 February 1814 (9 March New Style), Moryntsi, and died February 26 1861 (March 10, New Style), St. Petersburg. He was a Ukrainian poet, writer (playwright, prose writer), artist (painter, engraver), public and political figure.[1]
Taras Shevchenko Тарас Шевченко | |
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| Self-portrait, 1840 Self-portrait, 1840 | |
| Born | Mar 9 [O.S. Feb 25] 1814 Moryntsi, Kyiv Governorate (today Cherkasy Oblast) |
| Died | March 10 [O.S. February 26] 1861 (age 47) Saint Petersburg |
| Occupation | Poet, artist |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
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Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1860).
Taras Shevchenko Media
- Шевченко Т. Г. Хата батьків у Кирилівці (1843).jpg
Taras Shevchenko's pencil sketch of his parents' house in Kyrylivka, drawn in 1843
Taras Shevchenko. Portrait of Pavlo Engelgardt (1833), National Museum Taras Shevchenko
Karl Briullov, Portrait of the poet V.A. Zhukovsky (1837/8), National Museum Taras Shevchenko
- 1840 - Kobzar - page 3 - page 1 (Title) -.jpg
The first illustration and the title page from Kobzar (1840)
In Kyiv, one of the six etchings Shevchenko included in Picturesque Ukraine (1844)
Shevchenko's self-portrait at the Syr Darya bank, June 1848
- Grave of Taras Shevchenko. Postcard.jpg
Grave of Taras Shevchenko, Taras Hill near Kaniv, historical postcard. The cross was dismantled by the Soviets in the 1920s.
- 1845 - 1860 - Taras Shevchenko - Avtoportret.jpg
Reproduction of Shevchenko's self-portrait with a candle created in 1845
- Shpola Shevchenko Monument SAM 0715.jpg
Monument to Shevchenko in Shpola, central Ukraine
References
- ↑ Ayres, Sabra (March 9, 2014). In divided Ukraine, inspiration from a poet of the underdog. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2014/0309/In-divided-Ukraine-inspiration-from-a-poet-of-the-underdog-video. Retrieved March 11, 2018.