Yevhen Cherniakovskyi
Євген Черняковський
b. 1993
Yevhen Cherniakovskyi (listed commercially as Evgeny Chernyakovsky) is a Ukrainian painter born in 1993 who studied at K. D. Ushynskyi university in Odesa. He works in thick, high-impasto oils on canvas, returning repeatedly to water lilies, ponds and river surfaces in a broadly impressionist manner.
Yevhen Cherniakovskyi is a young Ukrainian oil painter, born in 1993, who trained at the K. D. Ushynskyi art university in Odesa and sells internationally through online galleries including ArtMajeur, Jose Art Gallery, Artsy and TRiCERA. His practice is unusually single-minded: a large proportion of his catalogue consists of water lilies, lily ponds, evening rivers and waterfalls, painted again and again in heavy impasto so that the petals and lily pads stand physically off the canvas. He describes the material pleasures of the studio — "the rustle of the brush on canvas, the mixing of colours, and the scent of flowers" — as what drives the work, and says of himself that "in painting I found happiness and the fulfilment of my dreams; I use colour to convey mood and energy in my paintings." The results sit in an openly impressionist and post-impressionist lineage, inviting the obvious comparison with Monet's nymphéas while pushing the surface far more aggressively. He signs works on both the front and the back, and accepts commissions for variants of sold pieces. It should be stressed that all of this information derives from the artist's own commercial gallery listings; no independent encyclopedic, museum or National Union of Artists source for him was found, and he is not represented on Wikimedia Commons or Ukrainian Wikipedia.
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Art Movements
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century French art movement (1870s-1880s) that revolutionized Western art by capturing fleeting moments and the shifting effects of light using visible brushstrokes, open composition, and vibrant colors. Focusing on modern life and landscapes, key artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, and Berthe Morisot. Usage Examples & Characteristics: Plein Air Painting: Painting outdoors to capture natural light, such as Monet’s studies of Rouen Cathedral or haystacks in varying weather conditions. Visible Brushwork: Thick, rapid, or broken brushstrokes intended to convey a sense of motion and the ephemeral nature of a scene. Everyday Subjects: Depicting leisure activities, urban life in Paris, or landscapes rather than historical or mythological scenes. Unusual Visual Angles: Inspired by photography, artists like Degas used candid-style, unconventional framing of subjects, such as dancers or laundresses. "Impressionist Music": A similar approach in music and dance, focusing on mood and atmosphere over rigid structure, with artists like Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
Explore movement →Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism (c. 1886–1905) was a French art movement that reacted against the limitations of Impressionism, favoring emotional expression, symbolic content, and structural order over realistic light depiction. Key artists included Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Seurat, who used vivid, unnatural colors and thick paint application to create unique styles that paved the way for modern art. Key Characteristics Symbolic and Emotional Content: Pushing beyond the objective recording of nature to express subjective emotions and symbolic meaning. Structural Order: A move away from fleeting moments toward, as Paul Cézanne aimed, making of Impressionism "something solid and durable, like the art of the museums". Vivid, Non-Naturalistic Color: Using color for emotional or decorative impact rather than just representing natural light. Distinctive Techniques: Examples include Seurat's Pointillism (tiny, systematic dots of color) and Van Gogh's expressive, swirling brushwork.
Explore movement →1991–presentContemporary Ukrainian Painting
Painting made in independent Ukraine, from the 1991 declaration of independence onward. It is pluralist rather than programmatic: plein-air landscape and psychological portraiture continue alongside conceptual, minimalist and symbolist strands, with a marked turn after 2014 and especially after 2022 toward wartime subjects, national memory and the vernacular Ukrainian village.
Explore movement →Works by Yevhen Cherniakovskyi
Water lily
A close-up of a single cluster of water lilies among broad pads, with purple petals and yellow-red centres set against deep blue reflections. One of the earlier dated works in the artist's lily series.
Water lilies
A small horizontal pond study of water lilies built from thick, loaded brushstrokes, signed by the artist on both front and back. This is the 2025 "Water lilies" requested for this collection, verified on the artist's ArtMajeur catalogue.
River with water lilies
A larger river scene with lilies drifting on the surface, painted in the artist's characteristic lush, energetic strokes. The original has sold; the gallery notes the artist accepts custom orders for similar works.
Water Lilies
A recent upright pond painting with white and pink lilies among green pads, the water surface worked in dynamic blues and turquoises that answer a cloud-dappled sky. It shows the artist's confident impasto handling of light on water.