From May 14 to 22, the Goldens auction house will hold its 68th auction entitled ”Ukrainian Collectible Art.” The auction selection includes works by iconic artists of Ukrainian art of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The collection has been carefully curated to reflect various artistic trends, generations, and regions, and showcases the depth, tradition, and innovation of Ukrainian painting.
The collection includes works by Oleksa Novakivsky, Ivan Trush, David Burliuk, Yosyp Bokshay, Serhiy Shyshko, Mykola Gluschenko, Iryna Beklemisheva, Roman Selsky, Viktor Ryzhykh, Fedir Manailo, Andriy Kotska, Hryhoriy Gavrylenko, Igor Grigoriev, Maria Prymachenko, Marfa Tymchenko, Ivan Marchuk, Emma Andievska, and others.
Classical and plein air painting in the auction collection is represented by the works of Kyiv artists Serhii Shyshko, Yevhen Volobuev, and Pavlo Gorobets. These artists embody the academic school with a deep sense of landscape and genre scenes. Serhii Shyshko is a master of Kyiv cityscapes, Yevhen Volobuev is a perceptive analyst of Ukrainian nature, and Pavlo Gorobets is a vivid representative of pictorial realism with a lyrical touch.
The section of naive and decorative art, which includes works by Marfa Tymchenko, Maria Prymachenko, Yelizaveta Mironova, and Stepan Ganzi, also deserves special attention. This group embodies the continuity of Ukrainian naive and decorative art. Maria Prymchenko is already rightly considered a national symbol, whose fantastic fauna and floral motifs have become a visual code of Ukrainian culture. Marfa Tymchenko developed the decorative branch in the traditions of Petrykivka painting, while Yelizaveta Mironova and Stepan Ganja preserved and reinterpreted traditional plots in a modern plastic language.
The selection also includes works by Iryna Beklemisheva and Viktor Grygorov, representatives of a generation that worked against the backdrop of socialist realism, finding depth of form, image, and color in art. Their works are an attempt at internal analysis of reality, psychological depth, and compositional harmony.
The painting of the Lviv school of the early 20th century is represented by rare works by Ivan Trush and Oleksa Novakivsky, while two works by Roman Selsky from the 1970s and 1980s demonstrate the development and transformation of the region’s artistic tradition.
The painting of the Transcarpathian school is represented in the selection by works by the founder of the Transcarpathian school of painting, Yosyp Bokshay, his student Andriy Kotska, Fedir Manaylo, and the underground artist of the 1960s, Ferenc Seman.
The mood of the 1960s continues in the works of artists of intellectual resistance: Igor Grigoriev, Grigory Gavrilenko, and Viktor Ryzhykh. Their work was distinguished by its profound criticism of the surrounding reality and graphic expressiveness. Their works are full of freedom and inner resistance.
The auction also features early works by artists who are still active today: Ivan Marchuk, Emma Andievska, and Lyubomyr Medvid. These authors can be considered, in their own way, the embodiment of a personal breakthrough in art: Ivan Marchuk created a unique technique called “plentalism” and a special and recognizable world of pictorial images, Lyubomyr Medvid, as a representative of the Lviv expressive school, delves into ontological themes, revealing the depths of human existence, and Emma Andiyevska masterfully combines mythology, fantasy, and abstraction, creating a unique world of images and meanings.
Two works by Mykola Hluschenko from the 1970s also deserve special attention. During this period, the artist turned to creating landscapes full of bright colors and light, demonstrating the influence of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. His works from this period are distinguished by their decorativeness, generalized forms, and bold use of color, which emphasizes the artist’s maturity.
The top lots of the current auction are rare works: “Breath of Spring” (1995) by Ivan Marchuk, “Sea. Chatyr-Dag” (“Hand of the Creator”) (1970) by Mykola Hluschenko, “In the Park of Holosiiv” (1975) by Serhii Shyshko, Flowers on the Alley (1920-1930s) by Ivan Trush, Clown (1960s) by Ferenc Seman, and Long-Necked Woman in Flowers (1972) by Maria Pryimachenko.
The exhibition “Ukrainian Collectible Art” is open to visitors from May 14 to 22 in the hall of the Goldens auction house, as well as online at www.gs-art.com. For registration and participation in the auction, please call +38 050 462 95 32 or register on the website to be able to place bids online yourself.
Schedule of the exhibition and online auction:
May 14–22, 2025
12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Open every day
Admission to the exhibition is free.
The final bidding will begin with the sequential closing of lots on May 22 (Thursday) at 7:00 p.m. online at www.gs-art.com.
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