Vasyl Borodai
Vasyl Zakharovych Borodai (Ukrainian: Василь Захарович Бородай; 18 August 1917, Yekaterinoslav – 19 April 2010, Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian sculptor, parliamentary, People's Painter of the USSR, 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 Kyiv 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)
Monument to the Founders of Kyiv (1982)
"And Mother awaits..." (Kyiv 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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