Mykola Oleksandrovych Yaroshenko, a Ukrainian artist and military engineer, is celebrating the 179th anniversary of his birth. Born in Poltava, he preferred art and glorified Ukrainian culture.
Active in art exhibitions, Yaroshenko led the Society of Traveling Art Exhibitions since 1887. This association influenced the directions of his works, where he embodied democratic ideals through realism.
'In my creativity, I always aimed to recreate reality through faith in democratic ideals' - Mykola Oleksandrovych Yaroshenko
Sharp social paintings, psychological portraits, landscapes - so diverse was Yaroshenko's creativity, who remains in the memory of the world as a great artist with his own worldview.
Mykola Oleksandrovych Yaroshenko is a person who gave his country not only talent and beauty of art but also important values that live in his works and inspire generations.