Mikhail Khmelko

Mikhail Ivanovich Khmelko (1919-1975) was a Ukrainian painter, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, double Stalin prize winner.

Mikhail Khmelko was born in Kiev. In 1943-1946 he studied at the Kiev State Art Institute under Karp Trokhimenko. In 1948 - 1973 he was a faculty of the same institute.

Khmelko is known for his Socialist Realism paintings: "Unification of the Ukrainian Lands" (1939-1949), "Drink A Toast to the Great Russian Nation" (1947), "Triumph of the Victorous Motherland" (1949), "Forever with Moscow. Forever with Russian people" (1951). He is also the author of the diorama "Medical Help in the Bohdan Khmelnytsky army" of the Kiev Museum of Medicine.

ources

* [http://www.kv.com.ua/archive/6714/kyiv/6743.html Mikhail Ivanovich Khmelko] "Kievskiye Vedomosti" N73, 6 April 2007 ru icon
* [http://www.sgu.ru/rus_hist/authors/?aid=49 M. Khmelko] in "Russian history in the mirror of visual arts" ru icon
* [http://www.zerkalo-nedeli.com/nn/show/260/23411/ "Passion to Find and Give"] Zerkalo Nedeli N39 (260) 2 October 1999 ru icon

External links

* [http://www.bridgeman-berlin.de/search/r_results.asp?artist=Khmelko&sel_artist=Select+Artist&nationality=&title=&century=&location=&keywords=&image_no=&prefix=&drawer=&medium=&order=5&page=&view=2 Kmelko works on The Bridgeman Art Library]