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All Artworks
The full collection — 174 works by 53 Ukrainian artists, from Baroque icons to the modernist avant-garde.
1699
Archangel Michael (Skvariava Nova iconostasis)
Ivan Rutkovych
An icon of the Archangel Michael in Rutkovych's rich Baroque manner.
1699
Christ Pantocrator (Skvariava Nova iconostasis)
Ivan Rutkovych
The central icon of Rutkovych's Skvariava Nova iconostasis, a masterpiece of Ukrainian Baroque.
1699
Archangel Gabriel (Skvariava Nova iconostasis)
Ivan Rutkovych
1699
Mandylion (Saviour Not-Made-by-Hands)
Ivan Rutkovych
1705
Bohorodchany (Manyava) Iconostasis
Yov Kondzelevych
1705
Christ the Teacher
Yov Kondzelevych
The icon of Christ the Teacher from the Bohorodchany Iconostasis, notable for its refined modelling.
1705
Dormition of the Mother of God
Yov Kondzelevych
An icon from the Bohorodchany Iconostasis depicting the Dormition of the Virgin with the apostles.
1770
Vladimir and Rogneda
Antin Losenko
Losenko's program piece, one of the first history paintings drawn from the Kyivan Rus past.
1773
Portrait of Ekaterina Nelidova
Dmytro Levytsky
From the celebrated Smolny Institute series, depicting a pupil in a theatrical dancing pose.
1783
Self-Portrait
Dmytro Levytsky
An intimate small-format self-portrait of the artist at the height of his fame.
1797
Portrait of Maria Lopukhina
Volodymyr Borovikovsky
His most famous portrait, an icon of Sentimentalism, of a young noblewoman against a soft pastoral landscape.
1840
Self-portrait
Taras Shevchenko
1841
The Gypsy Fortune Teller
Taras Shevchenko
1842
Kateryna
Taras Shevchenko
1843
Peasant Family
Taras Shevchenko
A warm group portrait of a Ukrainian peasant family by their cottage, among Shevchenko's finest genre oils.
1848
Kazakh on Horseback
Taras Shevchenko
A watercolour from Shevchenko's Aral Sea expedition during his years of exile.
1848
Fire in the Steppe
Taras Shevchenko
A dramatic watercolour of a steppe fire from the 1848 Aral Sea expedition.
1850
The Ninth Wave
Ivan Aivazovsky
1864
Carolers in Ukraine
Kostiantyn Trutovskyi
1870
Shevchenko in Exile
Kornylo Ustyianovych
A portrait of Taras Shevchenko during his forced exile, one of the artist's most reproduced works.
1873
The Rainbow
Ivan Aivazovsky
Shipwrecked sailors battle stormy waves as a faint rainbow appears through the spray.
1874
Bleaching Linen
Kostiantyn Trutovskyi
A pastoral Ukrainian genre scene of peasant women bleaching woven linen.
1875
Shevchenko with a Kobza over the Dnieper
Kostiantyn Trutovskyi
A romantic depiction of Taras Shevchenko as a kobzar seated above the Dnipro river.
1876
Ukrainian Night
Arkhip Kuindzhi
A moonlit Ukrainian village where whitewashed huts glow against the deep blue darkness.
1879
A Birch Grove
Arkhip Kuindzhi
A sunlit clearing where bright birch trunks and sharp contrasts create an impression of intense daylight.
1880
Moonlit Night on the Dnieper
Arkhip Kuindzhi
1881
Wedding Ransom
Kostiantyn Trutovskyi
A lively Ukrainian village genre scene depicting the traditional wedding ransom ceremony.
1881
The Black Sea
Ivan Aivazovsky
A vast, brooding seascape of the swelling Black Sea under a gathering storm.
1883
Spring Day in Ukraine
Serhii Vasylkivskyi
A sunlit rural scene capturing a bright spring day in the Ukrainian village.
1883
Mazepa Crossing the Dnipro
Kornylo Ustyianovych
A dramatic historical scene of the Cossack hetman Ivan Mazepa crossing the Dnieper.
1884
Storm Clouds
Volodymyr Orlovskyi
seascape
1885
Seascape
Volodymyr Orlovskyi
1886
Portrait of Hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny
Teofil Kopystynsky
A historical portrait of the 17th-century Cossack hetman in a crimson zhupan holding a mace.
1886
Kobzar (illustration to 'Haidamaky')
Opanas Slastion
1888
Cossack Picket
Serhii Vasylkivskyi
A mounted Zaporozhian Cossack on sentry duty in the open Ukrainian steppe.
1888
Yuletide Fortune-Telling
Mykola Pymonenko
A young Ukrainian woman performing traditional Christmastide fortune-telling rituals.
1889
Winter Afternoon in Chernihiv
Opanas Slastion
A winter genre landscape capturing a quiet afternoon scene in the city of Chernihiv.
1889
The coast near Sudak
Volodymyr Orlovskyi
seascape
1890
Chumak Romodan Road
Serhii Vasylkivskyi
The historic Chumak salt-traders' road winding across the wide Ukrainian steppe.
1891
Hutsul
Kornylo Ustyianovych
A portrait of a Hutsul man in traditional Carpathian dress.
1891
Wedding in the Kyiv Province
Mykola Pymonenko
A festive traditional Ukrainian village wedding procession in the Kyiv region.
1892
At the Dacha. Noon
Kyriak Kostandi
A sun-drenched midday garden scene at a country house, blending genre and landscape.
1893
Autumn
Petro Nilus
An early atmospheric landscape exemplifying Nilus's lyrical, muted Impressionist treatment of the Ukrainian autumn.
1893
To the Altar
Ivan Izhakevych
A genre scene depicting a Ukrainian wedding tradition (published before 1917; PD).
1893
Cossack Meadow
Serhii Vasylkivskyi
1895
The Dnieper
Mykola Murashko
A panoramic view of the Dnieper river.
1896
A Blossoming Garden with Poppies
Mykhailo Berkos
An impressionist garden scene with blooming poppies, in Berkos's bright palette.
1896
Ukrainian Landscape
Mykola Murashko
A realist Ukrainian rural landscape.
1896
Harvest in Ukraine
Mykola Pymonenko
Ukrainian peasant women and children gathering the harvest in golden summer fields.
1897
Portrait of Ivan Franko
Ivan Trush
A finely rendered portrait of the Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko.
1898
A Peasant Girl by the Wattle Fence
Fotii Krasytsky
An ethnographically attentive genre portrait of a young Ukrainian peasant girl by a village fence.
1898
Among the Waves
Ivan Aivazovsky
Painted at over eighty, it depicts the open sea merged with a stormy sky in foaming waves.
1898
Autumn. In the evening
Serhii Svitoslavskyi
social landscape
1899
A Victim of Fanaticism
Mykola Pymonenko
1900
Zaporozhian Cossack Ships
Opanas Slastion
A historical drawing of Zaporozhian Cossack chaika boats alongside a captured Ottoman galley.
1900
Khutir (Homestead)
Petro Levchenko
1900
Lawn
Serhii Svitoslavskyi
1900
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Mykola Ivasyuk
A heroic portrait study of the Cossack hetman and leader of the 1648 uprising.
1900
Windmill. The Nightfall
Petro Levchenko
A rural Ukrainian windmill silhouetted against the fading light of evening.
1900
Sunset over the Lake
Serhii Vasylkivskyi
A glowing sunset reflected across the still water of a Ukrainian lake.
1901
Ford
Mykola Pymonenko
Ukrainian peasant women and cattle crossing a river ford on a sunlit summer day.
1902
The Orange Seller
Modest Sosenko
1902
Stone Stream
Petro Levchenko
A small intimate landscape of a rocky stream winding through the countryside.
1902
Blooming Lilac
Kyriak Kostandi
An impressionist garden study of lilac bushes in full bloom, painted with luminous colour.
1902
Portrait of Kobzar Mykhailo Kravchenko
Opanas Slastion
A detailed graphic portrait of the renowned blind kobzar Mykhailo Kravchenko.
1903
Girl in a Red Hat
Oleksandr Murashko
1903
On the Khutir. Mala Danylivka
Mykhailo Berkos
A quiet study of a Ukrainian farmstead near Kharkiv, capturing rural light and atmosphere.
1904
Lirnyk
Modest Sosenko
portraitstylization and flatness
1905
Backwoods
Petro Levchenko
A secluded, overgrown corner of nature in Levchenko's quiet lyrical style.
1905
Evening Sun
Ivan Trush
A landscape capturing the warm glow of the setting sun and Trush's love of atmospheric light.
1906
The Little Bee
Olena Kulchytska
1906
Carousel
Oleksandr Murashko
1907
The murals of the church in the village of Pidberiztsi
Modest Sosenko
1908
Annunciation
Oleksandr Murashko
A rare religious subject for Murashko, bathed in a deep golden light.
1908
Red Sunset on the Dnieper
Arkhip Kuindzhi
A glowing crimson sunset floods the Dnieper river and sky in one of Kuindzhi's late luminous landscapes.
1908
Idyll
Mykola Pymonenko
A young Ukrainian couple in traditional dress in a tender rural courtship scene.
1910
Winter
Hryhorii Svitlytsky
A small early-period winter landscape, consistent with his lyrical landscape work.
1910
Ukrainian Family
Osyp Kurylas
A genre painting of a family in traditional Ukrainian dress.
1910
The Bride
Fedir Krychevsky
A monumental depiction of a Ukrainian bride combining academic skill with national folk themes.
1910
Ukrainian Madonna
Oleksa Novakivskyi
1911
Beatrice
Fedir Krychevsky
An idealized female figure inspired by Dante's Beatrice, from Krychevsky's early symbolist period.
1911
Sunday
Oleksandr Murashko
A quietly melancholic genre scene of peasant women on a Sunday, suffused with subdued light.
1912
Bohdan Khmelnytsky's Entry into Kyiv
Mykola Ivasyuk
Ivasyuk's most famous work: the victorious hetman riding a white horse into Kyiv in 1648.
1912
Portrait of a Sister in White
Olena Kulchytska
1912
Morning in the Village after Snowstorm
Kazimir Malevich
A Cubo-Futurist scene of peasants and houses after a snowstorm in cylindrical, metallic forms.
1912
By the sea
Olena Kulchytska
1912
Street on Podil
Oleksandr Bohomazov
An early Cubo-Futurist Kyiv cityscape of the historic Podil district with tilted facades.
1913
Self-Portrait
Vsevolod Maksymovych
1913
Geese
Kyriak Kostandi
1913
Kyiv Town Museum
Mykola Burachek
A cityscape of the Kyiv City Museum building in Burachek's impressionist style.
1913
Carnival
Vsevolod Maksymovych
A dense, ornamental composition teeming with masked figures in a swirling decorative rhythm.
1913
The Kiss
Vsevolod Maksymovych
An ornate, intricately patterned canvas blending Art Nouveau decorativeness with symbolist eroticism.
1913
The Knife Grinder (Principle of Glittering)
Kazimir Malevich
A Cubo-Futurist painting of a knife grinder in fragmented, repeated geometric planes to convey motion.
1913
Askold's Grave
Ivan Izhakevych
A view of Askold's Grave, a historic landmark in Kyiv (published before 1917; PD).
1914
Florence
Oleksandra Ekster
A vivid Cubo-Futurist cityscape rendering Florence as a kaleidoscope of intersecting colour planes.
1914
Washerwoman
Oleksandr Murashko
1914
An Englishman in Moscow
Kazimir Malevich
An alogist composition juxtaposing disconnected objects, marking Malevich's move toward the abstract.
1914
Bulka (Bread Roll)
Vasyl Yermylov
1914
Tram (Lviv Street, Kyiv)
Oleksandr Bohomazov
1914
The Argonauts
Vsevolod Maksymovych
A mythological scene in Maksymovych's dense, micro-patterned manner, from his final year.
1914
A Peasant Family
Oleksandr Murashko
A monumental group portrait of a Ukrainian peasant family in bold colour.
1915
In Thought (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
Oleksa Novakivskyi
A contemplative portrait of the painter's wife, Anna Novakivska.
1915
Black Square
Kazimir Malevich
1915
Jackdaws. Autumn
Kyriak Kostandi
An autumn landscape with jackdaws, evoking a quiet seasonal mood in muted tones.
1915
Venice
Oleksandra Ekster
A Cubo-Futurist depiction of Venice in fragmented, dynamic planes of colour.
1916
Urban Landscape (City)
Oleksandra Ekster
1916
A Guest from Zaporizhia
Fotii Krasytsky
A Zaporozhian Cossack visitor in a Ukrainian village interior, one of Krasytsky's best-known works.
1916
Still Life
Oleksa Novakivskyi
A vivid still life of fruit and flowers from the artist's Lviv period.
1917
Ukrainian Alphabet (Abetka) — Letter A
Heorhiy Narbut
A sheet from Narbut's Ukrainian Alphabet depicting the letter А with folk and Baroque motifs.
1917
Non-Objective Composition
Oleksandra Ekster
1917
100 Karbovantsiv Banknote of the UNR
Heorhiy Narbut
Narbut's design for the 100 karbovantsiv note, the first banknote of the Ukrainian People's Republic.
1918
Great State Emblem of the UNR
Vasyl Krychevsky
1918
Project for the Coat of Arms of the Ukrainian State
Heorhiy Narbut
Narbut's heraldic project for the state coat of arms, built around the Volodymyr trident.
1918
White on White
Kazimir Malevich
1918
Banknote of the UNR (40 shah)
Heorhiy Narbut
1919
Portrait of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky
Oleksa Novakivskyi
A monumental portrait of the Greek Catholic Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, the artist's Lviv patron.
1919
Apple Tree in Bloom
Mykhailo Berkos
One of Berkos's last works, a flowering apple tree in spontaneous, light-filled brushwork.
1921
Construction
Oleksandra Ekster
A non-objective composition of overlapping geometric planes from Ekster's Constructivist turn.
1923
The Milkmaid
Mykhailo Boychuk
1924
Self-Portrait in a White Sheepskin Coat
Fedir Krychevsky
1927
In the Liknep School
Vasyl Sedliar
1927
Execution at Mezhyhirya
Vasyl Sedliar
A partly destroyed monumental painting; one of the few surviving works of Sedliar, executed in 1937.
1927
Life (triptych)
Fedir Krychevsky
1927
Sharpening the Saws
Oleksandr Bohomazov
1928
Theseus
Olena Kulchytska
1928
A Cottage at Noon
Mykola Burachek
1929
Bohdan Khmelnytsky's Entry into Kyiv
Mykola Samokysh
A grand scene of hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky entering Kyiv in triumph in 1648.
1929
Sawyers
Oleksandr Bohomazov
A late Spectralist composition from Bohomazov's Sawing cycle, depicting labourers in rhythmic planes.
1929
Cover for 'Avant-Garde'
Vasyl Yermylov
Yermylov's Constructivist cover design for the Kyiv avant-garde journal Avant-Garde.
1929
Before the Thunderstorm
Mykola Burachek
An impressionistic landscape capturing the charged sky moments before a thunderstorm.
1930
Summer. Haystacks
Ivan Trush
A sunlit landscape of haystacks standing in a summer field, in Trush's impressionist style.
1930
The Harbour
Anatol Petrytskyi
1930
Hutsul
Ivan Trush
A study of a Hutsul highlander from the Carpathian Mountains.
1931
Dovbush
Fedir Krychevsky
A heroic portrayal of the Carpathian folk hero Oleksa Dovbush.
1931
Battle of Bohun against Czarnecki near Monastyryshche
Mykola Samokysh
A swirling cavalry battle of Cossack colonel Ivan Bohun fighting Czarnecki in 1653.
1931
Illustration for Shevchenko's 'Kobzar'
Vasyl Sedliar
An illustration for the landmark 1931 'Kobzar' in the monumental Boychukist style.
1933
Cover of the Literary-Artistic Magazine
Vasyl Yermylov
A Constructivist magazine cover with a geometric typographic composition.
1935
Winter Landscape
Mykola Burachek
A snowy scene of Burachek's impressionist treatment of light across a wintry Ukrainian landscape.
1947
Silentium
Olena Kulchytska
1950
Hutsul
Volodymyr Sydoruk
1955
Roofs of Uzhhorod
Havrylo Hliuk
1960
Hipster
Olena Kulchytska
1960
Lingerie
Petro Sulymenko
1970
Sunflowers After the Rain
Volodymyr Sydoruk
1977
Landscape
Havrylo Hliuk
1980
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Volodymyr Sydoruk
elevated romanticism
1980
A window in the workshop
Vladyslav Mamsikov
the painting
1987
“What kind of miracle is this?”
Marfa Tymchenko
1989
Still Life with Lilacs
Volodymyr Sydoruk
still life
1989
Waves
Marfa Tymchenko
1989
Interior Decor with Apples
Yevhen Hordiiets
1989
A September Morning
Yurii Yehorov
the odesa school of painting (southern color)post-impressionismmonumentalism
1991
Woman, Seashell and Jug
1993
Southwestern Sunset
Yurii Yehorov
the odesa school of painting (southern color)post-impressionismmonumentalism
2000
Still Life with a Violin and a Pear
Vladyslav Mamsikov
-
2002
Evening Stars
Marfa Tymchenko
2006
Jack the Dog
Vladyslav Mamsikov
-
2006
An old wardrobe
Vladyslav Mamsikov
-
2012
Summer
Yevhen Hordiiets
2015
Pumpkins with blue
Yurii Klapoukh
2019
Landscape with black cow
Yevhen Hordiiets
Carpathian Patterns
Yurii & Khrystyna Todoruk
Carpathian Patterns
Yurii & Khrystyna Todoruk
Carpathian Patterns
Yurii & Khrystyna Todoruk
Once upon a time
Yurii Klapoukh
Carpathian Patterns
Yurii & Khrystyna Todoruk
Carpathian Patterns
Yurii & Khrystyna Todoruk
Ukrainian Landscape
Volodymyr Orlovskyi
landscape
Sea Coast
Ivan Trush
Carpathian Patterns
Yurii & Khrystyna Todoruk
Sunbeam
Ivan Trush
Carpathian Patterns
Yurii & Khrystyna Todoruk
The Broad Dnieper Roars and Moans
Mykola Burachek
Carpathian Patterns
Yurii & Khrystyna Todoruk