Anatolii Bazylevych
Anatolii Bazylevych | |
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Анатолій Дмитрович Базилевич | |
| Born | Anatolii Dmytrovych Bazylevych 7 June 1926 Zhmerynka, Vinnytsia Okruha, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 30 June 2005 (aged 79) Kyiv, Ukraine |
Resting place | Baikove Cemetery, Kyiv |
| Occupations | Illustrator, graphic artist |
| Years active | 1950s–2000s |
| Notable work | Illustrations to Eneida by Ivan Kotliarevsky |
| Awards | Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1969); People's Artist of Ukraine (1993); Medal "For Labour Distinction" |
Anatolii Dmytrovych Bazylevych (7 June 1926 – 30 June 2005) was a Ukrainian artist and illustrator, recognised as a Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1969 and as a People's Artist of Ukraine in 1993.[1][2] He is best known for his book illustrations, particularly for Ivan Kotliarevsky's poem Eneida (Aeneid), which have become iconic in Ukrainian print graphics.[1]
Biography
Bazylevych was born on 7 June 1926 in the town of Zhmerynka, then in the Vinnytsia region of the Ukrainian SSR, into the family of an engineer.[1] He began to draw in childhood and in 1933 moved with his parents to Mariupol, where he attended an art circle at a metallurgical plant.[1]
During the occupation of Mariupol by Nazi Germany, the Bazylevych family was forcibly taken to work in Germany; his father died from wounds received during a bombing, and his mother later managed to return to Mariupol with her son.[1] In 1947 Bazylevych entered the Kharkiv Art Institute, where his teachers included Soviet artists Hryhorii Bondarenko, Iosif Daits and Adolf Strakhov.[2] His graduation work consisted of illustrations to Igor Muratov's Bukovynska povist (Bukovinian Tale).[2]
Bazylevych's first published book illustrations were for Gennadii Brezhnev's Fables, issued in 1951 by the Kharkiv book and newspaper publishing house.[2] The following year his illustrations to Ivan Krylov's Fables were published by the Kyiv publishing house Molod (Molodizh).[2] After graduating from the institute in 1953 he was assigned to work in Kyiv, where he collaborated with a range of publishing houses, including Molod, Raduga, Dnipro, Mystetstvo, Sovetskii pisatel, Sovetska shkola and the Kharkiv journal Znamia.[1]
From 1956 Bazylevych participated in all‑Union, republican and international exhibitions, and he held solo exhibitions in Kyiv in 1961 and 1996.[1] In the same year, 1956, he became a member of the Union of Artists of the Ukrainian SSR.[1]
Bazylevych died on 30 June 2005 and was buried at Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv.[1]
Work
Bazylevych is particularly noted for his long‑term work on illustrations to Ivan Kotliarevsky's Eneida, on which he worked for about ten years, constantly revising and adding new images.[1] His drawings for the poem combined expressive, flexible line with a limited range of local colours, and the characters are rendered with such solidity that many illustrations appear as independent easel‑style compositions.[3] The depth of his engagement with the literary text was such that the illustrations have become inseparable from the book and are often regarded as a landmark of Ukrainian printed graphics.[3]
For his illustrations to the 1968 Eneida edition published by Dnipro in Kyiv, Bazylevych received the honorary title Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.[1] His wider oeuvre includes illustrations for numerous works of Ukrainian, Russian and world literature, and he is frequently described as an outstanding illustrator of "immortal books".[3]
Family
His son, Oleksii Anatoliiovych Bazylevych (Ukrainian: Олексій Анатолійович Базилевич; born 6 February 1956 in Kyiv), is a Ukrainian graphic artist and book illustrator.[1]
Honours
Bazylevych received a number of state awards and honours, including:[1][2]
- Medal "For Labour Distinction" (24 November 1960)
- Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1969)
- People's Artist of Ukraine (19 August 1993)
- All‑Ukrainian Award Vyznannia (Recognition) in the category "Fine and Decorative‑Applied Arts" (2001)
In May 2023 a lane in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv, formerly Chervonozavodskyi Lane, was renamed in honour of Anatolii Bazylevych.[4]
Selected bibliography on Bazylevych
- Анатолій Базилевич. Підготовчі рисунки до поеми Івана Котляревського «Енеїда» (Anatolii Bazylevych. Preparatory drawings for Ivan Kotliarevsky's poem Eneida), album of 80 pencil drawings, 2004, ISBN 966-95-771-4-4.[5]
- «Неперевершений ілюстратор безсмертних книг: замітки про творчість Анатолія Базилевича» (Unsurpassed illustrator of immortal books: notes on the work of Anatolii Bazylevych), Holos Ukrainy, 9 December 2006.[6]
- Nataliia Holubkova, article on Bazylevych in Stolichni novyny, no. 38, 2001.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Степовик, Д. В. (2003). Базилевич Анатолій Дмитрович (in Ukrainian). Vol. 2: Б — Біо. Kyiv: НАН України; НТШ. p. 86. ISBN 966-02-2681-0.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 Кудрицький, А. В., ed. (1997). Мистецтво України: Біографічний довідник (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: «Українська енциклопедія» ім. М. П. Бажана. p. 35. ISBN 5-88500-071-9.
- 1 2 3 Бажан, М. П., ed. (1974–1985). Українська радянська енциклопедія (in Ukrainian) (2nd ed.). Kyiv: Головна редакція УРЕ.
- ↑ "У Києві перейменували провулок на честь Анатолія Базилевича". Київська міська державна адміністрація (in Ukrainian). Kyiv City State Administration. May 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ Анатолій Базилевич. Підготовчі рисунки до поеми Івана Котляревського «Енеїда» (in Ukrainian). 2004. ISBN 966-95-771-4-4.
- ↑ "Неперевершений ілюстратор безсмертних книг". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 9 December 2006.
- ↑ Голубкова, Наталія (2001). "[Article on Anatolii Bazylevych]". Столичні новини (in Ukrainian). No. 38.
External links
- Базилевич Анатолій Дмитрович in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine
- Неперевершений ілюстратор безсмертних книг (archived article in Holos Ukrainy)