Vasyl Borodai
Vasyl Zakharovych Borodai (Ukrainian: Василь Захарович Бородай; 18 August 1917 –19 April 2010) was a Ukrainian sculptor, parliamentary, People's Painter of the Soviet Union, academician of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union and Ukraine.
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| Native name | Василь Захарович Бородай |
| Born | Vasyl Zakharovych Borodai 18 August 1917 Yekaterinoslav, Russian Republic |
| Died | 19 April 2010 (aged 92) Kiev, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Notable awards | Shevchenko Prize (1968) |
He was a World War II veteran. While studying in Kiev Arts Institute in 1947–53, Borodai was a student of Ukrainian sculptor Mykhailo Lysenko.
Borodai was a guardian of another Ukrainian sculptor Alexander Kostetsky who early lost his father.
Gallery
Monument to Lesya Ukrainka (1965)
"And Mother awaits..." (Kiev Oblast)
External links
- Vasyl Borodai in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
- Tkachova, L.I. Borodai Vasyl Zakharovych (БОРОДАЙ ВАСИЛЬ ЗАХАРОВИЧ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
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| Preceded by Vasyl Kasiyan |
Head of the National society of painters of Ukraine 1968–1982 |
Succeeded by Oleksandr Skoblikov |
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