Taras Shevchenko's artworks


Taras Shevchenko. Female head, 1830Shevchenko's artistic heritage for us is not less valuable than his poetry. Do not forget that natural gift of drawing was the very first awakened in him and brought him out of the abyss of slavery in artistic elite. 

His artworks are diverse. Already during his lifetime Shevchenko had a well-deserved honor as outstanding portrait painter. He also performed a large series of landscapes, architectural sketches (including ukrainian antiquity), book illustrations. He was the first of Ukrainian who mastered the etching technique and created in it a number of famous compositions. Our web publication is intended to show the world the great ukrainian artist – Taras Shevchenko.

 


Taras Shevchenko. Self-portrait.1845Taras Shevchenko painted many self-portraits and also depicted himself as a figure in a number of other works. These self-portraits and self-depictions offer another view of Shevchenko's creativity, of his projected self-image, and of his personality.

Illustrations by Taras ShevchenkoTaras Shevchenko performed a large series of artistic works, book illustrations. He was the first of Ukrainian who mastered the etching technique and created in it a number of famous compositions.
You can find here illustrations which were made by Taras Shevchenko for his poems.

 

 

 


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