Ivan Padalka
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Ivan Ivanovych Padalka (Ukrainian: Івaн Івaнович Пaдалка: 15 November 1894, Zhornoklyovy, currently Cherkasy Raion — 13 July 1937, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian painter, art professor and author who was executed by the Soviet regime during the Great Terror.
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Іван Падалка | |
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Born | 15 November 1894 Zhornoklyovy, Ukraine |
Died | 13 July 1937 Kyiv, Ukraine |
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
Known for | Painting |
Biography
[edit]Ivan Padalka was one of eight children born to a farming family of modest means. He began his education at the local parish school, where he first displayed a talent for art. His abilities were noticed by a local nobleman, who helped him to finance studies at the State Ceramics Vocational School in Myrhorod, taught by Opanas Slastion. His work was often held up as a model for the class. He worked there until 1913, when he was excluded for organizing revolutionary activities.
He then went to Poltava and found a position at the Ethnographic Museum , where they made copies of Ukrainian carpet designs for a weaving workshop in Kyiv owned by Bogdan Khanenko, who was a major patron of the arts. His earnings enabled him to enroll at the short-lived Kyiv Art School. His works were regularly exhibited there, and he began to illustrate children's books.[1]
In 1917, after finishing his studies at the Kyiv Art School, he transferred to the Ukrainian State Academy of Arts, where he became a student in the workshop of Mykhailo Boychuk.[2] While there, he was largely involved in decorative work for buildings, designing posters and creating various propaganda materials for public display. Pedalka received a commission from the State Publishing House to illustrate a collection of children's stories called Барвінок (Periwinkle), on which he worked together with Boychuk's younger brother Tymofiy.
After graduating in 1920, he returned to Myrhorod and became a teacher at his former ceramics school. Later, he taught the same subject at a technical school in Kyiv. His proficiency in his chosen specialty was widely recognized, so he was able to secure a position at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, where he worked from 1925 to 1934. That year, he returned to Kyiv to accept an appointment as a Professor at the State Academy.[2]
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In 1936, he was arrested and tortured by the NKVD on charges of counterrevolutionary activities, relating Ukrainian nationalism. In July 1937, he was executed by firing squad,[3] together with his former mentor and friend, Mykhailo Boychuk, and the painter Vasily Sedlyar. He was posthumously "rehabilitated" in 1958 by the Soviet Government.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ivan Padalka | abart". cs.isabart.org. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ^ a b c Brief biography @ the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- ^ "Списки жертв — Падалка Иван Иванович". НИПЦ «Мемориал». Retrieved January 8, 2024.
External links
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- Detailed biography @ Rodovid
- Марко Роберт Стех «Очима культури» № 37. "The Heritage of Boychukism" @ The Kharkiv Regional Society
- "The Cock was a Braggart", folk poem with illustrations by Padalka