1992 Ukrainian Etching Coal Gold "In the Mine" USSR Soviet Avant Garde 11"

Description

Vintage 1992 black and white Ukrainian etching by Lanyak Dmytro Oleksiiovych titled “Dig In or In The Mine” showing a shirtless miner seated in a cave (gold or coal mine) with a pick axe. Titled and dated in pencil by the artist.

Lanyak Dmytro Oleksiiovych (AKA Lanyak Dmitry Alekseevich, AKA Ланяк Дмитро Олексiйович) (B -1937 - 2013)- Ukrainian painter , graphic artist , musician , teacher .

Biography
In 1945 , together with his parents, brother and sister, he was forced to move to Ukraine ( Donetsk region , Karakub village).

The same year the family moved to Boryslav .
In 1963 he graduated from the music school in Drohobych .
In 1970 - Lviv Conservatory.
He died on May 28, 2013. Buried in the village. Ranevychi, Drohobych district, Lviv region

Creativity
He worked at the Boryslav Music School, accordion class - accordion .
He painted on his own from a young age.
His work is dominated by the Carpathian landscape ( watercolor , pastel , monotype , embossing , oil ).
He has repeatedly had exhibitions in Boryslav, Drohobych ( 2006 ), Poland, England ( Manchester , 1991 ).
Dmytro Lanyak's paintings are in private collections in Ukraine, Russia , England, Hungary , and Poland.

Condition

Very Good – Wear to mat; see pictures

Dimensions

12” x 17.75” / Sans Mat - 8.125” x 10.875” (Width x Height)