Mykhailo Derehus

Mykhailo Hordiiovych Derehus was a Soviet Ukrainian graphic artist, painter and educator. In 1969 he was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize. His work is held in the collection of the Kuindzhi Art Museum, Mariupol, Ukraine.

Life and work

Derehus' expressionist lithographs illustrated the 1936 edition of Ivan Kotliarevsky's Eneïda. He also illustrated the works of Nikolai Gogol, Lesya Ukrainka, Marko Vovchok, and Natan Rybak.
He was Chairman of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine from 1955 to 1962.

Awards

1969: Shevchenko National Prize

Legacy

A bronze plaque at 9 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv, commemorates where Derehus lived from 1973 to 1997.
On 25 October 2004, the National Bank of Ukraine put into circulation a commemorative coin with a face value of ₴2, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Deregus.
In 2019, a street in Kyiv was named after him.

Collections

Derehus' work is held in the following permanent collections:

General references

Mykhailo Hordiiovych Derehus by Ivan Vrona
Derehus. Oforty = Derehus. Etchings by I. M. Verba
Художники України : 100 видатних імен / Khudoz︠h︡nyky Ukraïny : 100 vydatnykh imen = Artists of Ukraine: 100 prominent names. Kyiv: ArtEk, 2007. By Igor Sharov and Anatoly Tolstoukhov..