STOLEN ART. Episode 4. A UNIQUE MUSEUM IN MARIUPOL

The first and only museum of medal art in Ukraine named after Kharabet was established in Mariupol in 2005. The main part of museum exhibits was the works by a well-known Mariupol painter, art medalist and sculptor Yukhym Kharabet.

In his active years Kharabet created thousands of emblems, medallions, orders and medals. й. The master’s works are preserved in Ukrainian and international museums, in particular in Latvia, Mongolia and Germany. He had over fifty international exhibitions and received ten prestigious awards.

Over 700 of his works, after the art medalist’s death, were presented to the museum by his widow, Svitlana Otchenashenko-Kharabet, an actress and People’s Artist of Ukraine.

In April 2022, Russian invaders bombed the artist’s house and almost destroyed his museum. And what was left undamaged - over 500 of art medalist’s works – was stolen and taken to occupied Donetsk.

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