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'''Peter Mytrofanovych Kravchenko''' (21 June 1921 - 27 November 2009)<ref name=ЕСУ/> was a Ukrainian artist and public figure.
== Biography == Peter Kravchenko was born on 21 June 1921, in Podil, Kyiv, to a hard-working family. His father, Mitrofan Hryhorovych, had a small ice cream operation in the summer season, and in the fall he engaged in glass production. In 1940 Kravchenko graduated from Taras Shevchenko State Art School in Kyiv. During the war he was a German prisoner. After the Second World War he remained in Germany, where he worked as a set designer. In 1949 he went to Australia and settled in Sydney. After the end of the state employment contract at the brick factory, he worked on the railway. During this work he continued his professional education, graduated from the Institute of Commercial Arts and the School of Television Training.<ref name="Biographistica"/> [[File:1964-Lidcombe Oval-CYOMA.png|thumb|left|Monument to Taras Shevchenko in Lidcombe designed by Peter Kravchenko 1964. ]] He became involved in Ukrainian social and cultural life, designed scenes for performances and concerts. He designed a large number of artistic programs for various national awards and concerts, as well as a diploma of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations and the award of the Foundation for Ukrainian Studies in Australia (FUSA).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} He also illustrated books.
He worked at the ABC Television studio in Sydney as an "accessory designer" at the Wardrobe department for 20 years, making items for various shows and television series.<ref name="729 News"/> He was credited with making the bandolier, belts and badges for the period police uniforms in the ABC-TV series production ''Ben Hall''.<ref name="booklet" /> [[File:Ukrainian Artists Society of Australia-1976.jpg|thumb|Peter Kravchenko together with artists Union of Ukrainian Fine Artists of Australia during an exhibition in 1976 .]] In 1967 he was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Artists Society of Australia, and he was the acting secretary from 1967 to 2007.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} In 1975 he was one of the founders of FUSA in Australia and a permanent member. In 1991-1998 he belonged to the Directorate of this institution.
== Art == Kravchenko exhibited his paintings at Ukrainian Artists Society of Australia exhibitions in Lidcombe, Wollongong, Sydney, Adelaide, and Melbourne. In 1992, a solo exhibition was held in Sydney, showing 65 of his works. In the same year he was an exhibitor with his three works: "On Ivan Kupala", "Pereyaslivska Rada", and "Princess Olga" at the exhibition "Unity" in Kyiv. One work - "My Thoughts" (portrait of Taras Shevchenko) was donated and exhibited at the Taras Shevchenko National Museum. In 1994 he was accepted as an honorary member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, and in 1997 a personal exhibition "Burden of Ukraine through the Ages" was organized at the Museum of History of Kyiv, dedicated to the 2nd World Forum of Ukrainians.<ref name="Художники Києва"/><ref name="Художники України"/> In 1999, the first album of the artist "The burden of Ukraine through the ages" was released, which presents 65 samples of Ukrainian costumes (clothes) worn by Ukrainian people.<ref name="Тимошенко"/><ref name="Українська культура 1999"/>
== Social activities == [[File:Ukrainian sculptor Anatoliy Valiev with Shevchenko's Thoughts in 2000.jpg|thumb|Petro Kravchenko (center) with sculptor Anatoliy Valiev (right) during the presentation «Monument to Shevchenko's Thoughts» 2000.]] Kravchenko was an honorary member of the International Charitable Foundation "Spiritual Heritage" (Kyiv) and an accredited correspondent of the newspaper "The Free Thought." He was awarded diplomas and medals from the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, from the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine, the Gold Medal "For Patronage" of the International Charitable Foundation "Ukrainian House" (Kyiv), others from the International Charitable Foundation "Spiritual Heritage" and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Certificate of Merit in Australia, Ukrainian Community Sydney.<ref name="Художники України"/>
In 1996 he organized an exhibition in Kyiv dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay and initiated the issuance of a postage stamp by Ukrposhta dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay. In 1998, thanks to his efforts, Ukrposhta issued a postage stamp dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Ukrainian settlement in Australia. In 2000, he organized the arrival of a delegation of the Kyiv City Council to establish cultural relations between the cities of Kyiv and Sydney and to bring a sculpture-monument "Shevchenko's Dumas" as a gift to Ukrainians in Sydney from Ukraine.<ref name="Українці Австралії"/><ref name="Столиця"/><ref name="ЕСУ"/>
He was awarded the Diploma of the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine (2003).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
== References == <references>
<ref name="ЕСУ">[https://esu.com.ua/article-2557 Кравченко Петро Митрофанович] // Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine / ed. Ivan Dziuba; National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Shevchenko Scientific Society. Kyiv NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research, 2001–2020. — Volume 15: Кот — Куз, {{ISBN|978-966-02-7305-4}}.</ref>
<ref name="Biographistica">{{cite book|last=Гончаренко|first=Марія|title=Українська біографістика=Biographistica Ukrainica|date=1999|publisher=НАН України, Нац. б-ка України ім. В. І. Вернадського. Ін-т біогр. дослідж.|location=Київ|isbn=966-02-1202-X|pages=227–230|editor=В. С. Чишко (відп. ред.) та ін.|chapter=Кравченко Петро Митрофанович}}</ref>
<ref name="729 News">{{cite news | title=Three intriguing creations and their creator Peter Krawtschenko | newspaper=729 News. Official bulletin of the 729 Club |location=St. Leonards NSW |date= 1971|page=1 |language=en }}</ref>
<ref name="Художники Києва">Художники Києва: творчо-бібліографічний довідник, вип. 2. К., 2001.</ref>
<ref name="Художники України">Художники України: творчо-бібліографічний довідник, вип. 2. К., 2001.</ref>
<ref name="Тимошенко">Тимошенко Віра. Ноша України крізь віки / ''Свобода'' 31 Березня 2000, с. 25</ref>
<ref name="Українці Австралії">Кравченко Петро Митрофанович / Українці Австралії. Енциклопедичний Довідник / за ред. В. Шумського, М. Шумського та ін. — Сідней : «The Free Thought» і Товариство Збереження Української Спадщини в Австралії, 2001. — 673 с. — {{ISBN|0-908168-11-X}}. с. 225</ref>
<ref name="Столиця">{{cite news|last=Пікалов|first=Володимир|title=Сіднейські "Думи"|newspaper=Столиця |date=2000-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name="Українська культура 1999">{{cite journal|last=Шаргей|first=А.|script-title=uk:Крок реальної дії|script-journal=uk:Українська культура|date=1999|volume=10|series=1999|issue=901|pages=16–17|url=http://elib.nplu.org/view.html?&id=1560|access-date=22 April 2016|issn=0868-9644|oclc=24040944}}</ref>
<ref name="booklet">''Ben Hall, an ABC, BBC-TV, 20th Century Fox television drama series''. Booklet-guide published by Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1975. 78 pages. {{ISBN|0-642-97449-7}}</ref>
</references>
== Sources and further reading == * Винниченко Ігор. [http://www.history.org.ua/?encyclop&termin=Kravchenko_P_M Кравченко Петро Митрофанович] // Енциклопедія історії України : у 10 т. / редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. ; Інститут історії України НАН України. — К. : Наукова думка, 2009. — Т. 5 : Кон — Кю. — С. 274. — 560 с. : іл. — {{ISBN|966-00-0632-2|((978-966-00-0855-4))}}. * Рудаков Микола. Щоб не порвалась історії нитка... // Урядовий кур'єр: газета.1999,15 липня. С.16 * Рудаков Микола. Українці діаспори дарують. // Урядовий кур'єр: газета.2001,13 квітня. С.16 * Наказ Міністерства культури і мистецтв України No. 485-к від 17.07.2003 р.
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