Oleksandr Murashko [Portrait of a Girl in a Red Hat] 1902–03

 

  

◧ Artist: Oleksandr Murashkoi (1875-1919)                         
◧ Country: Ukraine                             
◧ Title: [Portrait of a Girl in a Red Hat]      
◧ Medium: Oil painting on canvas
◧ Painting Size: 80 х 65 cm (31 1/2" × 25 3/5")
   
◧ Museum: National Art Museum of Ukraine


◧ Country of Stamp Issue: Ukraine
◧ Date of Issue: July 27, 1999
◧ Face Value: 60 Ukrainian Kopiyka
◧ Issued to commemorate the centennial
 of National Art Museum of Ukraine



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In 1894, Murashko entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg. In 1896, he became a student of Ilya Repin; he is one of those depicted in Yelena Makovskaya-Luksch's group portrait, Repin's Students. 

On September 2, 2015, Ukraine issued a commorative "nickel silver" coin valued at 2 hryvnias. 

Oleksandr Murashko is depicted beside the easel in the workroom. The painter is holding a palette in his left hand, in his right hand he is holding a brush when painting the "A Girl in a Red Hat" picture; to the right there is the inscription:Oleksandr Murashko. The commemorative coin is dedicated to the 140th anniversary of birth of Oleksandr Murashko.

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