Vasyl Lopata

Vasyl Lopata (Ukrainian: Лопата Василь Іванович, Lopata, Vasyl Ivanovych; born in Nova Basan, Bobrovytsia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, on April 28, 1941) is a Ukrainian artist and prose writer.[1] He is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1971), National Union of Writers of Ukraine (2006). People's Painter of Ukraine (2001), laureate of Shevchenko National Prize (1993), Oles Honchar Literary Prize (2007), Lesya Ukrainka Literary and Art Prize (2008).

1 Hryvnia banknote, 1996

In collaboration with Borys Mykolayovych Maximov (Борис Миколайович Максимов), he designed the first Ukrainian hryvnia. As an artist, he worked principally in engraving and painting, also creating posters and ex-libris, among other things.

References

"Василь Лопата не лише малює гривні, а й пише про них". www.unian.ua. Retrieved 2019-11-04.

External links

Brochure or small, illustrated book on Lopata's engravings, in Ukrainian and English, downloadable from here.
Images of some of his works and a few photos of himself at "Modern Ukrainian Artists", Opheus and Lyra.
Three engravings by Vasyl Lopata at Artnet.
A few illustrations by Vasyl Lopata for 12th-century epic poem, "The Tale of Ihor's Campaign", among illustrations by other artists, Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

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[1] "Василь Лопата не лише малює гривні, а й пише про них". www.unian.ua. Retrieved 2019-11-04.