PERSONAL JUBILEE EXHIBITION OF VASYL DUB IN MUKACHEVO
July 4, 2017 in the art gallery of the Mukachevo Historical Museum-"Palanok" castle it was opened a personal exhibition of the member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Vasyl Dub on the occasion of his 60th anniversary. The exhibition presents 33 works of the artist, which illustrate his long creative period.
Here are the canvases created in 2013-2014 and those that literally came out from under the brush, or rather, from the palette knife, which the artist most often prefers. It should be noted that entering Uzhhorod College of Applied Arts in the 1980s, Vasyl Dub decided to devote himself to the art wood processing and worked on it for a lot of years. He turned to painting only in 2010, and for seven years of hard work he achieved significant progress-this is noted by all who are familiar with the creativity of the author. "Looking at Vasyl's works, it is clear that he is progressing-growing in his work every now and then, taking on difficult topics, setting new tasks for the embodiment of landscape painting," the People's Artist of Ukraine Borys Kuzma commented. "He generalizes the themes, makes them transformed, stylized. The art is in his blood –it is impossible to doubt about his sincerity."
In the works of Vasyl Dub it is felt a significant influence of one of the classics of the Transcarpathian School of Painting Anton Kashshai, whose manner he tries to emulate. It is not surprising: "I am a citizen of mountains; therefore, mountain scenery prevails in my works. Stavne village, where I come from, it's a kind of "Transcarpathian Barbizon"-the coryphaei of the Transcarpathian school Gluck, Erdeli, Bokshai and Kashshai created there. When a child, I also picked up tubes from paints after them which remained in the grass, it had no chance of happening. Obviously, energy also somehow influenced me," Vasyl Dub told in the opening day of the exhibition. The artist notes that the creation of the painting depends on the mood-sometimes it is possible to complete the work in one step and sometimes it may take a month. Often after the exhibitions, he finalizes the paintings, so at the next exposition they may look different.
Vasyl Dub's canvases are rich and saturated, the game of light and colour immediately catches the eye-it was noted by all visitors of the exhibition. "My work will tell everything about me,"- with such words Vasyl Dub invites to view the exhibition, which will last for two weeks.
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V. Dub. In Liuta Village, 2017, oil on canvas, 50х60
V. Dub, Spring in the Carpathians, 2017, oil on canvas, 70x80
V. Dub. Night is falling, 2016, oil on canvas, 60х70
V. Dub. Hymba Mouintain. Pylypets Village, 2013, oil on canvas, 40х50
V. Dub. A Wooden Church in Sil Village, 2016, oil on canvas, 70x80
V. Dub. Way Home, 2016, oil on canvas, 60x80
V. Dub. Road to Uzhok Village, 2017, oil on canvas, 50x70
V. Dub.It Had Rained, 2016, oil on canvas, 50x60
V. Dub. Winter Day, 2017, oil on canvas, 60x70
V. Dub. April, 2017, oil on canvas, 60x70
V. Dub. Haystacks, 2017, oil on canvas, 60x70
V. Dub. Kostryno Village. The Edge of the Village, 2016, oil on canvas, 75x96
V. Dub. Kostryno Scenery, 2017, oil on canvas, 50x60
V. Dub. The Edge of the Village, 2016, oil on canvas, 70x96
V. Dub. Lypovets Village, 2015, oil on canvas, 70x80
V. Dub. Liskovets Village, 2017, oil on canvas, 70x70
V. Dub. On the River Uzh, 2017, oil on canvas, 70x75
V. Dub. Autumn in Village Kostronska Roztoka, 2011, oil on canvas, 70x70
V. Dub. Architectural Monument, 2014, oil on canvas, 60x70
V. Dub. Before the Storm, 2017, oil on canvas, 50x70
V. Dub. Under Polonyna Runa, 2016, oil on canvas, 60x70
V. Dub. After the Rain, 2014, oil on canvas, 70x90
V. Dub. Along the Druhetiv Street, 2017, oil on canvas, 60x70
V. Dub. Podobovets Village, 2016, oil on canvas, 60x70
V. Dub. A Stream, 2011, oil on canvas, 70x55
V. Dub. Sudden Snow, 2016, oil on canvas, 70x70
V. Dub. Vyshka Village, 2016, oil on canvas, 60x70
V. Dub. Synevyr Glade, 2016, oil on canvas, 60x80
V. Dub. Sunset, 2016, oil on canvas, 60x70
V. Dub. An Old Village, 2016, oil on canvas, 50x60
V. Dub. Old Houses in Synevyr Glade, 2016, oil on canvas, 70x75
V. Dub.Old Houses, 2016, oil on canvas, 50x60
V. Dub. The Church in Huklyvyi Village, 2016, oil on cardboard, 50x60