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Nikolay Havrylovych Shmatko (Ukrainian: Микола Гаврилович Шматько; 17 August 1943 – 15 September 2020) was a Ukrainian sculptor and painter. He was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.[1]

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Nikolay Havrylovych Shmatko
Mykola Shmatko & "Ukrainian Aurora"
Born	(1943-08-17)17 August 1943 Krasnohorivka, Ukrainian SSR
Died	15 September 2020(2020-09-15) (aged 77) Ukraine
Nationality	Ukrainian
Occupation	Sculptor, painter
Website	Marble sculpture of King of marble of Nicolai Shmatko

Biography

Shmatko became a sculptor at the age of 33, having previously been a firefighter.[2] In 1996 he met the famous model and gallerist Dina Vierny in France, who predicted his great future and advised him "not to scatter his works worldwide". During all his creative development Nikolai Shmatko created more than 750 various monuments and about 500 pictures.[3]

He worked in marble, inspired by European culture and art. His studio and gallery contain 100 sculptures (more than 70 of which are made of Ural and Italian marble); 30 plaster casts; and about 300 pictures (including paintings, graphics, and architectural designs). In total, there are approximately 750 pieces, ranging from simple decorations to bas-relief and high relief busts and sculptures.[4] Some of these pieces are sexually explicit and even pornographic.[5][6] Shmatko also worked in architecture, and had a design for a penis-shaped high-rise building.[7]

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 Kyiv Metropolitan, and all of Ukraine.[8]

In the autumn of 2005 the Transfiguration church was opened in the village of Keleberda, Poltava region. Exclusively for this church, the sculptor created a marble sculpture "The Crucifixion".[3]

In autumn 2012, at the invitation of oligarch Viktor Baloha,[9] Shmatko moved with his family to the city of Mukachevo.[10][11]

Exhibitions

• 2007: Biennale di Firenze 2007, Italy; received 4th place award in sculpture and installation[12]
• 2009: Biennale di Firenze 2009, Italy; Participating Artists 2009[13]
• 2012: ArtMonaco 2012, Monaco; Exposants - Exhibitors, Art Monaco 2012 (page 160)[14]

Works in public collections

• Shmatko's bust of Ivan Maksymovych Soshenko is stored in the museum of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.[15][16]

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  Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin
  Sviato-Uspenska
  Sviatohirsk Lavra
  Sviatohirsk, Ukraine
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  Foreplay
  Ural marble, 66 x 125 x 67
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  Ivan Soshenko
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  Taras Shevchenko
  Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University

References

External links

• Official website
• Official website of HRH Princess Basmah Bint Saud
• Sculpture Gives Yulia Nude Treatment
• Radio Liberty interview

На других языках

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[de] Mykola Schmatko

Mykola Hawrylowytsch Schmatko (ukrainisch Микола Гаврилович Шматько; * 17. August 1943 in Krasnohoriwka, Oblast Donezk, Ukrainische SSR; † 15. September 2020 in Perejaslaw[1]) war ein ukrainischer Bildhauer und Maler.

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- [en] Nikolay Shmatko

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[es] Nikolái Shmatko

Nikólai Gavrílovich Shmatko, ucraniano: Микола Гаврилович Шматько (Krasnogórivka (Marinka, Donetsk), Óblast de Donetsk, Unión Soviética -actualmente Ucrania-, 17 de agosto de 1943-15 de septiembre de 2020)[2] fue un pintor y escultor ucraniano.[3]

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[fr] Mykola Chmatko

Mykola Havrylovytch Chmatko (en ukrainien : Микола Гаврилович Шматько, en russe : Николай Гаврилович Шматько, Nikolaï Gavrilovitch Chmatko[1],[2]), surnommé « le roi du marbre », est un sculpteur et peintre soviétique puis ukrainien né le 17 août 1943 à Krasnohorivka dans l'oblast de Donetsk en Ukraine (alors République socialiste soviétique d'Ukraine) et mort le 15 septembre 2020 à Moukatchevo (Ukraine)[3].

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[ru] Шматько, Николай Гаврилович

Никола́й Гаври́лович Шматько́ (17 августа 1943, Красногоровка, Донецкая область, Украинская ССР — 15 сентября 2020, Переяслав[4]) — украинский скульптор, художник. Работал вместе с двумя сыновьями. Создал более 750 памятников (барельефы, горельефы, скульптуры) и около 500 картин. Авторская коллекция, экспонирующаяся в галерее «Шматько и сыновья», насчитывает более 70 скульптур из уральского и итальянского мрамора и около 300 картин (живопись, графика)[5].

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