L.V. Mushko «Сирень» (lilac). Oil on canvas. 1954. Dimensions: 53 x 61 centimeters.

L.V. Mushko «Сирень» (lilac). Oil on canvas. 1954. Dimensions: 53 x 61 centimeters.
L.V. Mushko «Сирень» (lilac). Oil on canvas. 1954.

Dimensions: 53 x 61 centimeters.

Author’s signature and date from the front under the picture; the dimensions are written on the reverse side of the painting.

In a good state of preservation: the condition of the paint layer is good, no explicit flaws are present. Professional restoration and fixation were made.

Lev Pavlovich Mushko

Born on the 22nd of September, 1924 in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast. Graduated from the artists’ advanced training studio in 1952. A career in arts from 1948. Worked in scenery genre and in monumental art. The scenery has a special place in his art: Mushko strived to represent through the language of paints the beauty of his motherland. In his works, he tried to represent the zest for life and a feeling of deep patriotism. Mushko was attracted by northern, oriental, and south themes, but his favorite still were the Moscow Oblast sceneries. They are fulfilled with amazing tenderness and devotion to the Russian modest, naturalistic motive.

Mushko decorated public buildings in Dmitrov, the airport of Ulyanovsk, and a number of buildings in Tashkent, Severodonetsk, Kharkiv, Dubna, Suzdal. The leading themes of his memorable posters were the fight for peace on Earth and the fight against the nuclear war threat. The member of the Union of Artists of USSR since 1977. The participant of the following art exhibitions: the exhibition dedicated to the 40-th anniversary of October (1957), regional art exhibitions (1958 - 1999), «Подмосковье моё» (My Moscow Oblast, 1968), «Художники центральных областей России» (The artists of the central regions of Russia, 1974), a republican exhibition «Советсткая Россия» (Soviet Russia, 1975), the exhibition of monumental art (1977), the regional exhibition «Подмосковье» (The Moscow Oblast) (1980, 1984, 1990), «50 лет МООСХ» (50 years to the Moscow regional department of Soviet artists, 1996).

The major works: «Подмосковье» (The Moscow Oblast), «Осенний пейзаж» (An autumn scenery), «Пасмурный день» (A glum day), «Ветрено» (It’s windy), «Городской пейзаж» (An urban scenery), «Утро на море» (A morning near the sea), «Успенский собор до реставрации» (The Cathedral of the Dormition before the restoration), «На реке Северный Донец» (At Severny Donets river), «Крымский вечер» (An evening in Crimea), «Весна в Дмитрове» (A spring in Dmitrov), «Щучьи заводи» (Pike backwaters), «В лесу» (In the forest), «Бабье лето» (Indian summer), «Дорога в горах» (A road in the mountains), «Полдень» (Midday), «Осенние кружева» (Autumn lace), «Весенние перелески» (Spring forests), «Мое Подмосковье» (My Moscow Oblast), «Сирень и одуванчики» (Lilac and dandelions), «Кипарисовая долина» (A valley of cypress), «Последний снег» (The last snow), «Весенний букет» (A spring bunch flowers), «Пришла весна» (The Spring has come), «Пробуждение» (The awakening), «Золотая осень» (The golden Autumn), «Вершина лета — июль» (The peak of Summer — July). Posters: «Часовые Родины» (The sentry guards of Motherland), «Не надо войны» (We don’t need war), «Нужна твоя кровь» (Your blood is needed), «Знамя нашей эпохи» (The banner of our era).

A veteran of the Second World War. Fought at the 3-rd Ukrainian frontier, the commander of the squad section, Lance-Corporal. The prisoner of the nazi concentration camp Mauthausen. Awarded with anniversary medals.