Artist Ivan Kholomenyuk

Chernivtsi State Television and Radio Company, 2008. An episode of the program “Palitra,” dedicated to People's Artist of Ukraine Ivan Kholomeniuk, takes the form of an interview about the creation of his paintings.

On the video: artist Ivan Kholomeniuk’s studio; views of the mountains and the Cheremosh River; paintings by Ivan Kholomeniuk: “Rafters,” “Lumberjacks,” “Cimbalom Players,” “Opryshky,” “T. G. Shevchenko on the Run,” portraits of psychotherapist Wolf Messing, poet and songwriter Mykhailo Tkach, opera singer Dmytro Hnatiuk, actor and director Ivan Mykolaychuk, Tamara Severnyuk, musician Ivan Kavatsyuk, and singer Oksana Savchuk; an excerpt from the film “The White Bird with a Black Mark”; an excerpt from the Estonian film “The ‘Smerichka’ Ensemble Performs the Song ‘Goryanka’ by Nazariy Yaremchuk and Vasyl Zinkevych” (1975); an excerpt from a performance by Ivan Kavatsiuk; Mykhailo Tkach, winner of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize, reads a poem; an exhibition by the artist.

Comments: Poet and singer Tamara Severnyuk at the artist’s anniversary exhibition.

Antonina Fantukh, Viktor Verkholiak, Serhiy Trebish, Yevhen Davydov, Anastasia Berezovska, Tetiana Katrik, Ruslan Fostiy, Anton Makarov, and Volodymyr Danylyuk worked on the program.

Reference: Ivan Kholomeniuk — a Ukrainian artist and People’s Artist of Ukraine — worked in the fields of easel painting and landscape painting, and created portraits and still lifes.