Kyiv region

selo Malyutianka

Lisova street, 12

Mykola Pymonenko Museum

Mykola Pymonenko Museum is a museum institution of artistic and memorial direction in the village of Malyutianka, dedicated to the life and work of the outstanding Ukrainian artist Mykola Pymonenko; a branch of the Boyarsk Museum of Local Lore [2]. The memorial museum of the painter was opened in 1997 in a house built on the site of the former artist's workshop. The artist had a connection with the village of Malyutianka as a child. The father of the artist, who was engaged in painting churches, took eleven-year-old Nicholas with him as an assistant to Malyutianka and neighboring Boyarka. Perhaps then the surrounding nature impressed the future artist. And when in 1884, due to illness, Nikolai Pymonenko was forced to leave his studies at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, he, despite the advice of doctors to go abroad or to the Crimea, moved to Malyutianka. From 1888 to 1911. Pymonenko and his family spent every summer in Malyutianka. The artist took care of the organization of the workplace. To the cottage he rented, the artist added a large workshop with a glass roof, which was covered by a dark rough cuff, which could be opened or closed if necessary, and by large glass doors opening to the south. The northern part of the workshop was also glass. In the workshop, Pymonenko created all the conveniences, so as not to be distracted, to work alone with his favorite nature. Here, in his glass-roofed workshop, Pymonenko worked very inspiringly, perpetuating Malyutian landscapes, folk customs, local peasants, national humor. Here are written “Wedding in the Kiev province” (1891), “Svati” (1893), “Divination” (1893), “Near the well (Pigs)” (1894), “At the fair” (1898), “Bride” (1901), “Goose, home!”, “Rivals. Near the well”, “Gopak” (1909) and others. These paintings are a vivid testimony of the artist's love for Ukraine, the artist's deep knowledge of the everyday life of working people [5]. Part of the exposition was made up of unique exhibits from the family collection, which were donated to the museum by the great-grandson of the artist.