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Moonlight, 2025
Ivan Pylypenko  

Painting : oil · 30 x 40 x 2 cm 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch · Ready to hang

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Painting : Unique artwork

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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed, ready to hang

with stretcher frame

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30 x 40 x 2 cm 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Description

The painting depicts a small ship moving slowly across a calm water surface. The composition is rendered in subdued, almost monochromatic shades — soft greys and light tones create a sense of mist, tranquillity and vastness. The ship, rendered with thicker brushstrokes, looks massive and somewhat lonely amidst the boundless water. Its mast and superstructure are highlighted with warm reddish tones, which are echoed in the reflections on the water behind the vessel.

An unusual element appears in the upper part of the sky — a reddish crescent or a fragment of a shape resembling a smile. It seems to hang in the sky, creating a slightly surreal mood and adding symbolism to the work.

The water is painted with broad, textured brushstrokes that convey a sense of gentle movement and the reflection of light. The overall atmosphere of the painting is calm and somewhat mysterious: the ship seems to be sailing through a quiet, boundless expanse, whilst the unusual symbol in the sky hints at a hidden meaning or the mood of the journey.

Seascape

Moon

Ship

Grey

Ivan Pylypenko, Moonlight
Ukraine  • 1957

Presentation

Member of National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Honoured Art Worker of Ukraine.

Lives and works in Kyiv. 

09 March 1957 - was born in the Cernihiv Region, Ukraine 

1974-1978-studied at Kyiv College of Art and Design 

1982 - finished at the private Art School of V. Zaretsky 

1982-1988-studied at Ukrainian Academy of Art (in the Department of Fresco and Mural Painting of Professor M. Storozhenko) Ukrainian National Art Prize Winner 

1992 - student at the Fine Art Department of the Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education (Great Britain) 

Professional activities: 

2016 - The Chairman of Creative Studio «Painting and Church Culture" name Professor M. Storozhenko in National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture 2015, 

2016 - Art residence in Wuxi, China 2009-Art residence in International Art centre "Cite Internationale des Arts", Paris, France 

2007 till now - The Chairman of Painting Department of Kyiv Organization of National Union of Artist of Ukraine 

2007 - Art residence in Wuxi, China 

2006-Honoured Art Worker of Ukraine 

Since 1994 - The associate professor in workshop on «Painting and Church Culture" of Professor M. Storozhenko in National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture 

1993-2008 - The Chairman of Young Department of Kyiv Organization of National Union of Artist of Ukraine.

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