On November 28, 2005, at the age of 83, passed away People's Artist of Ukraine, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Oleksandr Baidukov.
The artist was born on July 10, 1923, in the Dnipropetrovsk region. In 1939, he entered the Dnipropetrovsk Art School. His studies were interrupted by the Great Patriotic War, along whose front-line roads he traveled all the way to Berlin, and for courage and valor he was awarded combat orders and medals.
From 1947, the artist's life was closely connected with Volyn. He worked in Manevychi, at the Kivertsi timber industry combine, and at the Volyn art-production workshops of the Art Fund of Ukraine. From 1971 he was a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, and in 1993 he was elected head of the Volyn regional organization of the Union.
The artist's creative legacy includes more than a thousand works. Working mainly in the technique of oil painting, he constantly refined his execution style across various genres of fine art: landscapes and still lifes, genre compositions and portraits. Close to the heart of every Ukrainian are the canvases created by the master devoted to historical places and events, united in the cycles "Zaporizhian Sich," "Cossack Graves," and "Architectural Monuments of Ukraine." A special place in his work is occupied by the nature of the Volyn region.
The fruitful creative work and significant achievements of Baidukov O.V. in the development of Ukrainian fine art were highly appreciated by the state — in 1989 he was awarded the honorary title "Honored Artist of Ukraine," and in 2003 — "People's Artist of Ukraine."