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Mykhailo Hordiiovych Derehus ( Ukrainian: Дерегус Михайло Гордійович; born December 5, 1904, Veseloye, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR — July 31, 1997, Kyiv, Ukraine) [1] was a Soviet Ukrainian graphic artist, painter and educator. In 1969 he was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize. [2] His work is held in the collection of the Kuindzhi Art Museum, Mariupol, Ukraine. [3]
Derehus' expressionist lithographs illustrated the 1936 edition of Ivan Kotliarevsky's Eneïda. He also illustrated the works of Nikolai Gogol, Lesya Ukrainka, Marko Vovchok, and Natan Rybak. [4]
He was Chairman of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine from 1955 to 1962. [4]
A bronze plaque at 9 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv, commemorates where Derehus lived from 1973 to 1997.
On 25 October 2004, the National Bank of Ukraine put into circulation a commemorative coin with a face value of ₴2, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Deregus. [5]
In 2019, a street in Kyiv was named after him. [6]
Derehus' work is held in the following permanent collections:
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Mykhailo Hordiiovych Derehus ( Ukrainian: Дерегус Михайло Гордійович; born December 5, 1904, Veseloye, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR — July 31, 1997, Kyiv, Ukraine) [1] was a Soviet Ukrainian graphic artist, painter and educator. In 1969 he was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize. [2] His work is held in the collection of the Kuindzhi Art Museum, Mariupol, Ukraine. [3]
Derehus' expressionist lithographs illustrated the 1936 edition of Ivan Kotliarevsky's Eneïda. He also illustrated the works of Nikolai Gogol, Lesya Ukrainka, Marko Vovchok, and Natan Rybak. [4]
He was Chairman of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine from 1955 to 1962. [4]
A bronze plaque at 9 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv, commemorates where Derehus lived from 1973 to 1997.
On 25 October 2004, the National Bank of Ukraine put into circulation a commemorative coin with a face value of ₴2, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Deregus. [5]
In 2019, a street in Kyiv was named after him. [6]
Derehus' work is held in the following permanent collections: