Hanna Drul

Hanna Drul
Ганна Друль
Born(1960-09-22)22 September 1960
Chervonohrad, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died23 July 2026(2026-07-23) (aged 65)
Lviv, Ukraine
EducationLviv Ivan Trush School of Applied Arts, Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts
OccupationDecorative ceramics artist

Hanna Yosypivna Drul (Ukrainian: Ганна Йосипівна Друль; 22 September 1960 – 23 July 2026) was a Ukrainian decorative ceramics artist. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1993), International Academy of Ceramics (2019). [1]

Life and career

Hanna Drul was born on 22 September 1960, in Chervonohrad (now Sheptytskyi) in the Lviv Oblast.

In 1979, she graduated from the Lviv Ivan Trush School of Applied Arts,[2] and in 1984, from the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (specialty teachers Karlo Zvirynsky, Petro Markovych, Emmanuil Mysko). From 1987, she worked at the Lviv Experimental Ceramic and Sculptural Factory. From 1998 to 2001, she headed the ceramics section of the Lviv organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Later, she was engaged in creative work.[3]

From 1987, she presented her works at all-Ukrainian and international exhibitions. She held solo exhibitions in Lviv (1989, 2000, 2006, 2013,[4] 2015 (together with Iryna Marko),[3] 2020,[5][6] 2022[7][8]), Kraków (1996, 2003–2004), Chernivtsi (2014),[6] and Odesa (2016).[6] Her work includes decorative compositions, reliefs, and sculptures. Individual works are preserved in the collections of the National Museum-Preserve of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishnia, the Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec (Poland), museums in Munich (Germany), Kraków, Wrocław (Poland), Toronto (Canada), and private collections.[2]

Drul died from cancer on 23 July 2026, at the age of 65.[9][10]

Notable works

  • Decorative compositions: "Natovp" (1987), "Kraina durniv" , "Dialoh" (both 1990), "Cholovichy zabavy", "Zhadoba zhertvy", "Spadkoyemets", "Halytski zhinky" (all 1998), "Khto dvanadtsiatyi?" (1999), "Vichnist" (2000), "Nespishnist" (2002), "Dotyk" (2004), "Adam i Yeva" (2005), "Chas syren" (2006);
  • Series of decorative reliefs: "Stadnyi instynkt" (1999), "Honytva za vitrom" (2000), "Dialohy", "Buttia" (both 2006).

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "New Members 2019". International Academy of Ceramics.
  2. 1 2 "Ганна Друль". ArtLvivOnline (Арт Львів Онлайн).
  3. 1 2 "Ганна Друль та Ірина Марко: «Сад». Виставка кераміки. 24.02 – 15.03.2015". Мистецька галерея «Зелена Канапа».
  4. ↑ "Виставка Constanta". LvivOnline (Львів Онлайн).
  5. ↑ Ярина Коваль (17 September 2020). "Ця така крихка «Архітектура відносин»". Еспресо.
  6. 1 2 3 "Ганна Друль". ICONART.
  7. ↑ "Все ще людина. Керамічна скульптура Ганни Друль. 25.10-20.11.22". Мистецька галерея «Зелена Канапа».
  8. ↑ Ярина Коваль (2 November 2022). "Людину робить людиною думка про інших, — художниця Ганна Друль". Еспресо.
  9. ↑ "Пішла з життя львівська художниця Ганна Друль". Zaxid. 23 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Померла Ганна Друль, чудова львівська керамістка". 23 July 2026. Archived from the original on 24 July 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Лариса Марчук (2010). "Ганна Друль". Віче.

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