2015 #16 Ukraine Coin 2 UAH Oleksandr Murashko

Description

2015 Ukraine Coin 2 UAH
Oleksandr Murashko
Putting into circulation : 2
September 2015
Technical Specifications
Denomination                   2
Metal                                Nickel Silver
Weight, g                          12.8
Diameter, mm                   31
Quality class of coinage    special uncirculated
Edge                                 corrugated
Mintage, pcs                     30 000
Series: Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine
The commemorative coin is dedicated to the 140th anniversary of birth of Oleksandr Murashko, a painter, pedagogue and public figure who managed to combine the best achievements of the French Impressionism, elements of Art Nouveau and Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts school, having created a unique artistic style. Being one of the most significant `Europeans` in Ukrainian pictorial art of the time, he had a solid artistic education, dreamed of turning Kyiv into a great art center and of opening the Academy of Arts in it.
Obverse: to the left there is depicted the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the face value 2/ГРИВНІ (2/hryvnias) thereunder, bowl-shaped inscription УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), the issue year - 2015 and the mark of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine (below); in the center there is the conventionalized composition: Oleksandr Murashko in the process of painting `The Annunciation` in his workroom.
On the reverse: Oleksandr Murashko is depicted beside the easel in the workroom. The painter is holding a palette in his left hand, in his right hand he is holding a brush when painting the `Girl in a Red Hat` picture; to the right there is the inscription: ОЛЕКСАНДР МУРАШКО (Oleksandr Murashko) (bowl-shaped inscription) and the years of birth and death 1875 -/1919.
Designer: Mykola Kochubei
Engraver: Volodymyr Atamanchuk
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