Tomenko Grigoryi Oleksiyovich
Tomenko Grigoryi Oleksiyovich – was born on November 16, 1915 in the Velyka Rogozyanka village, Kharkiv region. Graduated from the Kharkiv Art College (1934-38) and the Kharkiv Art Institute (1938-1942). Teachers: M. Fedorov, S. Prokhorov, O. Khvostenko-Khvostov. Member of the Kharkiv branch of the Union of Artists of Ukraine since 1942. Participant of republican, all-union, and international exhibitions since 1946. Personal exhibitions: Kharkiv (1959,1965,1975, 1986), Odesa (1959), Lviv (1966), Kyiv (1968), Zolochiv (1990). He taught at the Kharkiv State Art Institute. In 1949 he was appointed an assistant professor. People's Artist of Ukraine since 1966. The works are kept in museums, galleries, and private collections in Ukraine and abroad. The artist died on October 24, 1994, in Kharkiv.