Artist Danylo Narbut

Sumy ODTRK, 2008. The film "The Greatness of the Figure. Danylo Narbut" tells about the life and work of the Ukrainian painter, theater artist, and laureate of the Shevchenko Prize Danylo Narbut.

On the video: Danylo Narbut's great-granddaughter Bohdana Zavertaylo; Narbutivka farm; Danylo Narbut's photo; Danylo Narbut's graphics; National Art Museum of Ukraine; Danylo Narbut's paintings "The Protection of the Virgin Mary", "The Last Judgment"; sketch of the painting "The Protection of the Virgin Mary"; family photos of the Narbuts; St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral; footage from the chronicle of the first half of the 20th century; Cherkasy Regional Philharmonic; Blue Palace in Cherkasy; Cherkasy Academic Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after T. G. Shevchenko; building of the Danylo Narbut Children's Art School; bas-relief depicting Danylo Narbut; building of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv; footage from the chronicle of World War II; Danylo Narbut's graphics; Hetman's parsuns; cycle "Cherkasy Market"; monument to T. G. Shevchenko.

Commenting: Doctor of Historical Sciences, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize Serhiy Bilokin; granddaughter of Danylo Narbut Lesya; Deputy Director of the Cherkasy Art Museum (now the Cherkasy Regional Art Museum) Nina Klymenko; People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize Danylo Narbut; photographer, friend of Danylo Narbut's family Volodymyr Grabovsky.

The program was worked on by: screenwriter Raisa Stoyan; direction and editing by Olena Borysenko; sound engineer Serhiy Konoz; videography by Viktor Lapchenko, Ruslan Pavlov, Andriy Gerashchenko; text read by Serhiy Konoz; reconstruction of events by Honored Artist of Ukraine Oleksandr Sadovsky; general producer Larisa Yakubenko.

Reference: Danylo Narbut is a Ukrainian painter, stage designer, ethnographer, collector, laureate of the National Taras Shevchenko Prize; a centurion of the UPA; a victim of Stalinist repressions. His work is based mainly on ethnographic motifs and plots from Ukrainian history.