Europe Artist. Ukrainian Painters

Ukraine has a long history, it's culture influenced by its eastern and western neighbours, language, Ukrainian traditions and customs. For instance, Ukrainian traditions of the Easter egg, known as pysanky, has long roots in Ukraine. It is thousands of years old, and precedes the arrival of Christianity to Ukraine. Ukrainian traditions also include Ukrainian diet: chicken, pork, beef, fish and mushrooms. Ukrainian traditions and customs are heavily influenced by Christianity the dominant religion in the country.

Contemporary art from Eastern Europe has come to the international scene of the art world. There are a lot galleries, online galleries, shows bringing Europe artist and Ukrainian painters works, in particular, to the viewers attention. Odessa has been a center for arts for centuries and it never ceased to be an important center for the fine arts. Today's Ukrainian painters' high level of craftsmanship is the result of Soviet Union excellent academic art training. These days there are two basic art movements in the former Soviet Union centered in Moscow and in Odessa. The Moscow movement is characterized by a surrealistic and sober style and the Odessa movement style is more fauve-like, expressionist and sometimes impressionist.

After the perestroika quite a few Ukrainian painters and other Soviet Union artists went to the USA and Europe to promote their art. This process held up with the independence of Ukraine. Later on with the distribution of the Internet a lot of Ukrainian painters established art web sites so as to sell their works online.

The 21th century Ukraine artist and contemporary art, in general, is an assortment of masterpiece of the past and technology. These day art is a combination of art and knowledge of computer graphic design programs. Many centuries ago painting art served as a medium to purify and refine the human spirit. The artist gives life to the animated states and feelings, and spiritual essence of the animals and humans he paints. These days art is highly influential and some people consider computers and software tools to be a kind of compensation for a lack of artistic ability or insufficient knowledge of painting principles.

If you are interested in original and talented contemporary Ukraine artist painting that catches attention without heavy graphics visit www.klinkov.com website gallery. This is a website of contemporary Ukraine artist Valeriy klinkov. He started painting in the 20th century and you can view the works created in the 80s and 90s – all of them are selected at the site. The works can be classified as abstract, surreal, expressionists. To find out more about contemporary European painting just browse the gallery and enjoy viewing. The work exhibited are also available for sale.