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Taras Shevchenko, born on March 9, 1814, was a Ukrainian artist and poet who rose from serfdom to become a significant figure in Ukrainian literature and history. He published his first poetry collection, 'Kobzar', in 1840 and was a member of the secret Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood, which led to his arrest and exile. Shevchenko's legacy includes over 835 works, with a focus on poetry and visual arts, and he was ultimately buried in Ukraine, fulfilling his wish expressed in his 'Testament'.

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Taras Shevchenko

Artist, poet, national bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko was born on 9


March, 1814 in Moryntsi, Kiev gubernia. He was born a serf. When he was
a teenager he became an orphan, and grew up in poverty. When he was
14, his owner, Engelhardt took him to serve as a houseboy. And Taras
travelled with him to Vilnus and to St Petersburg. In Vilnus Taras for the
first time heard different languages, Lithuanian, Russian and Polish and
there he saw people whom their masters made free. When Engelhardt
noticed the boy’s skiils in painting he apprenticed him to the painter
Shiriayev for four years.

At that time the young man met his compatriots Zoshchenko, Hrebinka,
Hryhorovych, and Venetsianov, they showed his works to the famous
Russian artist Karl Bryullov. Shevchenko’s paintings impressed Bryullov,
and he decided to help him. Karl Bryullov painted a portrait of the Russian
poet Zhukovsky and disposed it in a lottery. The money was used to buy
Shevchenko’s freedom from Engelhardt in 1838.

Shevchenko entered the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, there he


became a student of Bryullov. Shevchenko was awarded three silver
medals for his works and later he had become an Academician in
engraving.

Studying at the Academy T. Shevchenko understood that his main calling,


his true passion was poetry. In 1840 he published his first collection of
poems “Kobzar”. In 1841 followed the epic poem “Haidamaky”, in 1844 the
ballad “Hamalia”.

When he graduated from the Academy, he became a member of the Kiev


Archeographic Commission. In 1846 in Kiev he entered the secret Cyril and
Methodius Brotherhood. It was a secret political society, in 1847 it was
smashed, and Shevchenko was arrested and sent to the Orenburg special
corps, he was deprived the right to draw and write. 10 years of exile ruined
his health, and Shevchenko became seriously ill.

When he was released in 1857 it was forbidden to him to live in Ukraine.


He moved to St Petersburg but on March 10, 1861 the great poet died of
heart disease. He was buried in St Petersburg, but his friends wanted to
fulfill the poet’s wish that he had expressed in his “Testament” and they
transferred his remains to the Chernecha Hill near Kanev, in Ukraine.

Shevchenko’s works take an important place in Ukrainian literature and


history. His literary output consists of the collection of poetry “Kobzar”, the
drama “Nazar Stodolia”; two dramatic fragments; nine novelettes, a diary,
and a autobiography in Russian; and over 250 letters.

Shevchenko was an outstanding poet and a highly accomplished artist.


There are 835 works written by him, although 270 are known to have been
lost. His collection also contains over 150 portraits, 42 self-portraits. There
are many landscapes, watercolours and etchings.

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