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ArtistMarfa Tymchenko

MovementFolk Decorative Art

Year1989

About the Artist

Marfa Tymchenko

1922–2009

Marfa Tymchenko (1922–2009) was a Ukrainian artist. She was born in the village of Petrykivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. She graduated from the two-year school of Petrykivka painting (1938). She studied at the Kyiv Art School of Masters of Folk Decorative Art (1938–1941). She worked at the Korosten Porcelain Factory (1940–1941); as a monumental artist in the folk art department of the Institute of Art Industry at the Academy of Architecture (1944–1947); as a textile artist at the Union of Artists of Ukraine (UAU) and in the Khudoprom artel (1947–1954). Member of the UAU (since 1950). In 1954, she was invited to the Kyiv Experimental Ceramics and Porcelain Factory as an artist, where she worked for 33 years. An active participant in exhibitions within the USSR and abroad (since 1947). Recipient of numerous orders, medals, and certificates.

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Movement

Folk Decorative Art

Folk decorative art is the visual language of a community, traditionally created by untrained artisans rather than academic artists. It combines utility with ornament, transforming everyday objects like furniture, textiles, and tools into works of cultural expression.

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