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Mykola Malynka | |
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| Born | Mykola Malynka 16 February 1913 Lysniaky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 14 December 1993 (aged 80) Yahotyn, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Education | Kyiv Art Institute, Moscow’s Grekov Studio of Battle-Scene Artists |
| Known for | Painting, Creative Artistry, Sculpture |
| Notable work | Oak on the Coast of Supii(1940)Arcan,
the Gutsul’s Dance(1957), On Upper Reaches of Carpathians (1959), The Stacks under Snow (1961), Kobzars (1980), The Sunflowers (1992) |
| Style | Socialist realism, Impressionism |
Mykola Malynka (Ukrainian: Микола Малинка ‘Mykola Malynka’; February 16, 1913 – December 14, 1993) was a Ukrainian painter, creative artist, and sculptor. He was among those who studied and worked in the Soviet Union where Socialist Realism became a state policy, but is often considered a representative of Ukrainian impressionism as well. Focused on the dramatic depictions of Soviet and Ukrainian history, Mykola Malynka produced canvases of Ukrainian Cossack's quest for peace and freedom, portrayed prominent personalities of the past and present day, composed a brief history of his homeland - Yahotyn county of Kyiv Region. Later, when Gorbachev's glasnost’ effectively ended state censorship, he began to reveal on the canvas Ukrainian national tragedies, such as the forcible collectivization and the Great Famine (Holodomor) of 1933, which took millions of Ukrainian lives.