Padun Volodymyr Makarovich (June 25, 1942, Plavni village, Zaporozhye region - September 21, 2016, Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region) - Ukrainian artist - painter, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and artist with a capital letter. During his life he managed to quite change the views of his contemporaries on art, to educate them in new feelings, to show from the middle all the beauty of the world around us. His works - saturated, colorful, interwoven with deep subtext, reflected the same bright nature of the artist, his endless love of nature and the homeland. An unusual man with an extraordinary world outlook that looked like a wise man (the magician), he looked at things through the eyes of a scientist - studying and remembering everything: "from small to great". Without letting go of the pipe, for months he traveled through villages and steppes, collecting the achievements of Ukrainian culture in his collection (towels, pitchers, paintings, household items, clothes ...). Exploring the world around, the artist did not just see the finished exterior beauty, he looked at the structure of the ii , internal form, from this in his paintings there is a special peculiar style of writing.
Most of all, the artist loved freedom, so all his creative path lay through self-knowledge and his own discoveries in the field not only of painting, but also of personal world perception. All of its findings and unusual techniques, Padun invented for himself, drawing on his own experience and unique vision. And he constantly shared them with the world.
Having trained more than one generation of students and writing more than one dozen works of VM Padoon has made an immortal contribution to Ukrainian culture. His contribution will be reflected in our history not only now but also for years when one generation will change the other - and the knowledge that has been planted by him - will sprout, and will give more and moreresult.
