Early Life, Family and Training Hryhorii Havrylenko entered the world on July 7, 1927, in the village of Kholopkove, located near Hlukhiv in the Sumy region. He was born into a well-off peasant family, a household of five children that once knew the relative stability of rural life. However, the winds of political upheaval reached their doorstep in 1930 when the family was dekulakized. This hardship forced them to flee to Georgia, a p…
Scroll through Hryhorii Havrylenko's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Hryhorii Havrylenko's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.