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This week I am sticking around my hometown meanwhile my parents decided to commission a painting on a very pertinent subject of beekeeping. So we came over to a studio of a local artist Svitlana Kostukevych with some home-made honey and all. And found a whole lot of artists’ studios, gallery, art supplies shop, antiques, plus a children’s art school – all crammed in the same building. How convenient!

Most of the artists represented here are of Lviv school ( vs. the Kyiv school). As per Kostukevych explanation, the Lviv trainees tend to express themselves more free, abstract and imaginative, while the Kyevites stick to traditional ways of laying a stroke. Below I am putting out some pictures of paintings snapped from a brochure to give you an idea of the choices available. Some of them I know ever since art school, others (like Yuriev) are new to me.

Yuryev

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Rusanovych

Kumanovskyi. This guy commands the highest prices for his works, but really, comparing to the Kyiv market, one can find to his or her liking a great addition to their collection for a meager 100-200 USD. It’s very much worth the trip to the regions in search of such gems.

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Kumanovska (the wife of the guy from above). She taught at my art school way back and now runs private classes for little kids.

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Kostykevch.

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Borysiuk.

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Most of the painters in Lutsk sell their stuff at Mystetska Kramnycia and show in the gallery next door. The gallery runs a website in English with more info and samples of art by a host of local artists. Come buy and enjoy the stuff!

Tags: gallery, travel

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