Mykola Lebid

Mykola Lebid
BornMay 5, 1936
village Kustyne, Sumy region, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Died29 March 2007(2007-03-29) (aged 70)
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materLeningrad Higher School of Art and Industry named after V. Mukhina (1963)
Known forwatercolour paintings, design, graphics, medallic art, heraldry
AwardsHonored Artist of Ukraine (1992) , Mykola Ostrovskyi Prize (1986)

Mykola Yakovych Lebid (Ukrainian: Микола Якович Лебідь, Russian: Николай Яковлевич Лебедь, 5 May 1936 – 29 March 2007) was a Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, designer, Honored Artist of Ukraine, professor. Known for exquisite watercolor paintings, graphics, design, medallic art and award symbols. He was awarded the Mykola Ostrovsky Prize in 1986.[1]

Biography

Place, where the artist was born, contains an image of a swan (in Ukrainian - Lebid)

Mykola Lebid was born on May 5, 1936, in the village of Kustyne, Sumy region, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).[2] His father, Yakiv Stepanovych Lebid (1896-1947), was a railroad worker, served in the Red Army during World War II, and died of wounds shortly after the war. His mother was Yevdokiya Kyrylivna Lebid (Radchenko) (1898-19??). There were six children in the family. Two older brothers died during the Holodomor of the 1930s. The elder brother, Danylo Lebid, who was faithful to his military oath, went missing in November 1943. Before that, he was awarded two medals "For Courage". After the war, the sisters Halyna, Mariia, and the youngest child Mykola lived with their mother. In the postwar years of 1944-1954, he graduated from Znob-Novgorod High School[3]

In 1957, he passed the exams for the Leningrad Higher School of Art and Industry named after V. Mukhina and defended his diploma with honors in 1963. He was taught by Serhii Osypov, Modest Shepilevskyi, and Mykola Borushko.

He worked as a design artist at the Ukrdipromebli Institute and the Institute of Technical Aesthetics in Kyiv (1964-1967). Нe was the chief artist of Ukrtorgreklama (1966-1973). Since 1967, he has been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (NUAU).[2] In 1992, Lebid was awarded the distinguished title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. In 1999, the Kyiv organization of the NUAU nominated him for the honorary title of People's Artist of Ukraine.

In the last years of his life, Mykola Lebid passed on his skills to students of the Institute of Interior Design and Landscape (National Academy of Government Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts). He passed away on March 29, 2007 in Kyiv, surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren.

Works of Art

Mykola Lebid in his studio (1998)

Mykola Lebid's watercolor paintings are among the best created in this technique by contemporary artists. Are written alla prima, extremely transparent, passionate and at the same time are in logical design, rhythm and composition. Both in painting and in design Mykola Lebid does not copy the objects of nature, but expresses the regularities by all means available. Mykola Lebid's watercolors have been exhibited at numerous solo and group exhibitions.[2] The artist's paintings are held in private collections in Ukraine, the USA, Great Britain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada, Germany, the UAE, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Russia, and other countries[2]

The artist is the author of the Khreshchatyk festive street lighting in 1967-1977. He designed and supervised the industrial production of a series of lamps for public institutions; musical instruments for Chernihiv and Zhytomyr musical factories (in particular, the famous piano "Ukraine"); children's wooden toys and souvenirs produced in the 1960s and 1970s at the Chernihiv and Kyiv factories. Mykola Lebid is the author of the artistic and design of the "Olimpik" and "Olimpik-401" radio receivers (1977).

Mykola Lebid designed gold and silver cutlery, gift sets made of semi-precious stones (by "Ukrsamotsvity" factory), watches, film scopes, loudspeakers, etc. The products were awarded copyright certificates by the USSR Council of Ministers and were produced by the industry from the 1970s to the 2000s.

Since the 1980s, Mykola Lebid has also been engaged in environmental and landscape design. In particular, he designed the Complex of Ukraine at the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow (1985, M. Ostrovsky Prize in 1986[1]), local history museum of Varva (1986-1990), memorial "Defenders of the Motherland" in Borova (1987), the Central Park in the city of Belgorod (Russia, 1988), a restaurant in Dubai (UAE, 1996), etc.

In the field of graphics, in 1980-1983, Mykola Lebid developed the corporate identity of the "Science" sports club of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and later a series of commemorative medals and signs commissioned by the Kyiv radio factory "Slavutych" (1982-1989). The gained experience was useful to him when in 1999 the Verkhovna Rada announced a competition for the creation of state awards of independent Ukraine, where Mykola Lebid became the author of the state award Order "For Courage" and about twenty other departmental awards.

Selected works

  • a series of watercolor paintings in own exquisite technique. Рainted throughout his life
  • musical instruments for the Chernihiv and Zhytomyr music factories, including the famous piano "Ukraine" (1966–68);
  • festive lighting design of Khreshchatyk street (1967–77);
  • children's wooden toys (1968–71);
  • souvenirs "1500 years of Kyiv", inlaid with straw (1973);
  • gold and silver cutlery (1974);
  • souvenirs for the "Ukrainian Gems" factory (1975);
  • radio receiver "Olimpik", "Olimpik-401" (1977);
  • "Stop Test" device (USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements medal), electronic digital clocks, F-7 film scope, household loudspeakers, portable tourist gas stove (1975-79);
  • Social and Cultural Complex of Ukraine in Moscow (1985, co-author, World Festival, diploma, M. Ostrovsky Prize in 1986);
  • a memorial "Defenders of the Motherland" (Borova 1987);
  • Lenin Park (1987) and Children's playtown (1988; Belgorod, Russian Federation);
  • a series of commemorative medals and badges (1982–89);
  • design of a restaurant in Dubai (UAE, 1996);
  • graphics – "Old Tallinn" (1965), "Flowering Time" (1966), "Rus" (1967), "Begonia" (1980), "Morning in the Mountains" (1983) etc.;

Author of state awards and departmental honours

Media


Citations

  1. ^ a b "(ENG) Cheberyako N. "And on that embroidered towel..."; (RUS) Чеберяко Н. «І на тім рушничкові...»". (ENG) Vecherniy Kyiv, newspaper. 1986-Oct-9; (RUS) Вечерний Киев, газета. - 1986-9-Окт (in Russian).
  2. ^ a b c d Belanger, Walter, ed. (2004). "Mykola Lebid". Contempo Art Ukraine. Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Studios. 2004/3: 28–33.
  3. ^ Selivachov, Mykhailo, ed. (2006). Mykola Lebid: Watercolor, Design, Heraldry (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: ВХ [Студіо], Kyiv City Gallery of Art Lavra.
  4. ^ Kromf, Ihor (29 April 2020). "The most widespread award for bravery in battle: 25 years of the Order "For Courage"". www.prm.ua (in Ukrainian).

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This article is a partial translation of the corresponding article in the Ukrainian Wikipedia, uk:Лебідь Микола Якович

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