Wooden puzzle Carousel. Oleksandr Murashko 300 elements

Wooden puzzle "Carousel. Oleksandr Murashko" by Ukrainian Puzzles

Number of elements: 300

Puzzle size: 360 x 320 mm

Box size: 290×160×55 mm

Material: wood (HDF)

Olexandr Murashko (07.09.1875 – 14.06.1919) is a famous Ukrainian artist, representative of modernism and impressionism, co-founder of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts. Born in Kyiv, at a young age he had the opportunity to watch the painting of the Volodymyr Cathedral, studied at the Kyiv Drawing School of Mykola Murashko, and later - at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in the studio of Ilya Ripyn. He then studied and created in Munich and Paris, where he became acquainted with new artistic trends that influenced his creative style.

Painting "Carousel" (1906) received a gold medal at the Munich International Exhibition and brought Murashko world recognition. Since then, his paintings have been exhibited at leading European exhibitions and published in many magazines. In 1909–1910, personal exhibitions of Oleksandr Murashko were held in Düsseldorf, Cologne, and Berlin.

Murashko returned to Kyiv with the desire to integrate Ukrainian art into a pan-European context. He taught at the Kyiv Art School, and in 1917 became one of the most active founders of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts.

Murashko was killed in the prime of his life in 1919 on a Kyiv street by a shot to the back of the head, most likely by the Chekists. The version circulated in the Soviet press that he was killed for the purpose of robbery did not inspire confidence, since the artist left valuables on him.

The painting "Carousel" was purchased for the Royal Gallery in Budapest immediately after Munich Exhibition. However, the painting disappeared during World War II. The sketch for the painting "Carousel" is kept by the National Art Museum of Ukraine.