Roman Vilhushynskyi

Roman Vilhushynskyi
Роман Казимирович Вільгушинський
Roman Vilhushynskyi, August 2017
Born (1963-04-30) 30 April 1963
Alma materLviv Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts
OccupationSculptor
AwardsPeople's Artist of Ukraine

Roman Vilhushynskyi (Ukrainian: Роман Казимирович Вільгушинський; born 30 April 1963) is a Ukrainian sculptor. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1994).

Biography

Roman Kazymyrovych Vilgushynsky was born on 30 April 1963 in the village of Yablunivka, Buchach Raion, Ternopil Oblast (now Yazlovets, Chortkiv Raion, Ukraine).

From 1984 to 1989, he studied at the Lviv Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts (specializing in artistic ceramics; teachers: Dmytro Krvavych, Ivan Frank). Now - docent of the Department of Fine Arts, Design, and Teaching Methods at Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University.[1]

He has lived in Ternopil from 1989. He works in the field of monumental and easel sculpture.

Solo exhibitions in Ternopil (1996, 1998). Participant in exhibitions in Ternopil, Kyiv, Lviv, and other cities.

Selected works

Easel sculptures:

  • "Svitla postat" (1996)
  • "Vidpochynok amazonky" (1996)
  • "Kupalnytsia" (1998, artificial stone)[2]
  • "Tors" (2000)
  • "Filosofskyi kamin"[3]

Monumental sculptures:

  • busts of Taras Shevchenko
    • in Bohdanivka, Pidvolochysk settlement hromada, Ternopil Raion (1991),
    • in Sokoliv, Chortkiv Raion (1998);
  • monuments
  • memorial complexes
    • to soldiers of the Ukrainian Galician Army, Terebovlia (1993)
    • in honor of Ukraine's declaration of independence, Nastasiv, Ternopil Raion (1994)
    • "On the Shield into Eternity" memorial to law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the war (Ternopil, 2025)[5]
  • memorial plaques
  • memorial signs to UPA soldiers
  • sculptures of the Guardian Angel
  • others
    • Roadside statue of the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus in her arms in Buchach, near the Saints Peter and Paul church (2005, consecrated on the Sunday before the Feast of the Intercession)[7]
    • bas-relief of Nazarii Voitovych in Ternopil, on the facade of the Ternopil Cooperative Trade and Economic College (2015)
    • Sculptural composition for the Ukrainian Jerusalem "Angel", Spiritual Center in Zarvanytsia, Ternopil Oblast (Limestone, 2017).[8]

Among the interesting works is the creation in 2006 of a copy of the sculpture "Saint Onuphrius", which was originally created by the outstanding Rococo-era artist Johann Georg Pinsel. The copy was transferred to the Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery due to the limited accessibility of the original for researchers and art enthusiasts. This is not the first time Roman Vilhushynskyi has turned to the work of the famous predecessor from the mid-18th century. Among his new tasks are copies of the decorative sculptures that adorn the roof of the Buchach City Hall. Some of these were destroyed or significantly damaged by fire. The sculptor is attempting to restore the damaged works, which will make it possible to preserve the originals in a museum and display the copies in their original locations on the town hall roof.

Awards

References

  1. ^ Кафедра образотворчого мистецтва, дизайну та методики їх викладання Archived 2017-08-26 at the Wayback Machine // Тернопільський національний педагогічний університет імені Володимира Гнатюка
  2. ^ Мистецтво України. 1991—2003. Альбом / упоряд. Т. Придатко, З. Чегусова. — К. : Мистецтво, 2003. — С. 312. — ISBN 966-577-002-0.
  3. ^ Архітектурний вісник. — 2002. — № 1 (14). — С. 76.
  4. ^ Теребовлі уже 915 рік Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine // Твоє місто Теребовля. — 2012. — 10 липня.
  5. ^ "«На щиті у вічність»: в пам'ять про полеглих Героїв-поліцейських у Тернополі відкрили меморіал - 20 хвилин". te.20minut.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-08-30.
  6. ^ "У Тернополі увічнено пам'ять про Миколу Чайковського - ЗЕЛЕНИЙ СВІТ". greenworld.in.ua. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
  7. ^ Мельничук В. Дарунок у Бучачу в честь 745-річчя // Нова доба. — 2005. — № 41 (8142) (14 жовт.) — С. 2.
  8. ^ "Вільгушинський Роман Казимирович". tnpu.edu.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-08-30.
  9. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 1 грудня 2009 year № 999/2009 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України працівників підприємств, установ та організацій Тернопільської області» (in Ukrainian)
  10. ^ Удіна, Т. О. (2020). "Вільгушинський Роман Казимирович". Енциклопедія Сучасної України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-02-24.

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