Title: Oil painting The setting of the sun Oleksiy Ivanyuk Description: No.AAA5628The Oil painting Canvas titled “The setting of the sun” captures one of nature’s most timeless and poetic moments—the transition between day and night—through a symphony of bold colors, thick textures, and expressive brushstrokes. The composition immerses the viewer in a vibrant landscape where the glowing orb of the descending sun dominates the sky, casting its transformative light across the fields, trees, and earth. More than a simple depiction of sunset, this painting is an exploration of atmosphere, emotion, and the fleeting beauty of nature’s rhythms. The centerpiece of the canvas is the sun itself, rendered in a striking shade of soft pink that contrasts powerfully with the yellow-green background of the sky. Unlike traditional depictions of sunsets, where the sun is often golden or orange, this unusual use of pink imbues the painting with a surreal and dreamlike quality. The circular form radiates warmth yet carries a delicate fragility, suggesting both the vitality of light and its imminent disappearance beyond the horizon. Surrounding the sun, streaks of pink clouds drift lazily across the canvas, their whimsical shapes adding movement and softness to the otherwise intense color scheme. The sky is painted in layers of glowing gradients, shifting from a rich, radiant yellow-green at the top to a deeper orange near the horizon. These transitions evoke the magical interplay of light that occurs only at sunset, when the atmosphere refracts and scatters the sun’s rays into a spectrum of unexpected hues. The sky does not merely serve as a backdrop; it becomes an active force within the painting, illuminating and transforming every element beneath it. In the foreground, earthy tones dominate the landscape. Large mounds of red, orange, and brown stand out vividly, painted with thick impasto strokes that give them a sculptural presence. These shapes suggest haystacks, boulders, or clusters of autumn foliage, their ambiguous forms allowing the viewer’s imagination to wander. They capture the richness of the earth at dusk, warmed by the fading sun, and stand as grounded, solid counterparts to the ephemeral beauty of the sky above.*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING **** TITLE: "The setting of the sun"* ARTISTS: Oleksiy Ivanyuk* SIZE: 15x20 cm/5.90x7.87 inches'* MEDIUM: oil, canvas* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product About the artist: Born March 13, 1954, in the city of Piryatin, Poltava region. He graduated from the Art College named after N. Samokish (1887). Teachers in the specialty: V. Grigoriev, M. Morgun, L. Gracer. Painter. The main genres are landscape, still life. The paintings are distinguished by emotional openness, warmth, affirm the harmony of life. Dominants of creativity are the deep roots of national traditions, Ukrainian cultural heritage. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (2008). He taught fine art at the Pyryatinsky school - gymnasium of aesthetic education (1988-2008). At creative work. Participated in exhibitions: national and international (since 1978). Personal exhibitions - in Kiev (2003, 2007-2009), Lubny (Poltava region, California (USA; 2006), Poltava (2007, 2010), Priluki (Chernihiv region, 2008), Warsaw (2009). Main works: “Flowers field ”(2007),“ Still life with a daffodil ”(2004),“ Indian summer ”(2007),“ Birch ”,“ Spiral panychi ”,“ Kalina red ”(2004),“ Field of the sun ”,“ Apple blossom ”, “Evening Breath” (2005), “Silence”, “Summer” (2006), “Sunflowers” (2007), “Plowed Field”, “Such is Life ...”, “In the Garden” (2009), “It's Cold” (2010). Individual paintings are stored in the National Museum of Art, National U. T. Shevchenko, Museum of Cultural Heritage in Kiev, Poltava Museum of Local Lore, lived and worked in the city of Poltava.
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