"From History to Art" - an exhibition by Ihor Matveev opened In the library branch No.12 of the CCL named after M.L. Kropyvnytskyi. Today, for many people, retirement means the beginning of a new and exciting phase of life. They find happiness and harmony in activities they like, useful work.
This is what happened to Ihor Mykhailovych Matveev, who for almost 20 years headed the editorial staff of radio "Mykolaiv". On a well-deserved rest, he filled his life with creative content and began to paint pictures. In a few years, the apartment of Ihor Mykhailovych and Tamara Antonivna turned into a mini-gallery.
He had no special art education. Ihor Matveev created painted canvases thanks to his inherent taste, namely, the sense of harmony of color and the play of light.
"And that's why he started looking at different ways of painting pictures on the Internet. And so tried a different method every time. Therefore, the paintings are not at all similar to each other", - notes the widow of the amateur artist.
Tamara Antonivna selected nine amateur canvases of her husband for the exhibition. And the creative heritage of Ihor Matveev in the number of 25 works is preserved in the home collection.
"You see, when men retire in their 70s, especially those who have been socially active, very often they become depressed. They do not see the meaning of life. And very often gradually fade away. I was worried about how Ihor would pass this period. But Thank God!" Tamara Matveeva emphasizes.
He skillfully coped with everything he undertook. At one time, with the coming of Ihor Matveev to Radio "Mykolaiv", the creative movement of the editorial office became structured and purposeful. The talented helmsman gathered a team of young, ambitious and energetic specialists around him.
"He is a very sensitive, decent person. He had such a fatherly attitude towards each of us. He was still older than all of us. And today I drove here and remembered all this. Everything that happened to us. It was very interesting, it was very meaningful," recalls Andrii Tiurenkov, who headed the editorial office after Ihor Matveev.
Just as creatively, pan Ihor thought about his favorite house outside the city. It was not by chance that the villagers gave him the nickname "Michurin". He grew more than 20 varieties of tomatoes in the garden.
"From black, yellow, pink. Very different. And we did it for a long time. While there was strength," Tamara Matveeva recalls.
"A person lives as long as he is remembered." And our task is to remember those who stood by, supported and helped, people who lived their lives honestly and with dignity, and forever left behind the fruits of their good deeds.
