150 works by Ivan Marchuk exhibited in Vienna on the day of the artist’s 87th birthday

Ivan Marchuk, one of the most well-known contemporary Ukrainian artists, opened a three-day exhibition of his works about Ukraine and the unbreakable spirit of its people in the Austrian capital on May 12, the Ukrinform reports.

“People often ask what is encoded in my paintings… And they really have a code, I found the key to the hearts and souls of people,” said the artist.

Ivan Marchuk was born May 12, 1936 in Ukraine. He is one of the most expensive artists of Ukraine. In 2007 Ivan Marchuk was included in the list of a “hundred geniuses of our time” by the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

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