Ukrainian Soviet painter Pavlo Horobets was born on 28 January 1905 in Poltava. He graduated from the First Poltava Gymnasium. In 1922-1926, he studied at the Poltava Art Studio with Hryhorii Tsyss; in 1928-1932 - at the Kharkiv Art College, he was a student of Mykola Burachek.
In 1927-1936, he worked in the editorial offices of several newspapers, then for three years he taught drawing in the studio of the Palace of Pioneers in Poltava. He took part in the II World War. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II class (31 May 1945).
Since 1946, he worked at the Poltava Art Museum as a deputy director for scientific work, and from 1963 to 1973 - its director. At the same time, in 1947-1950, he taught at the art studio at the museum.
He worked in easel painting, graphics, and art criticism. His creativity was based on the traditions of Peredvizhnist and Socialist Realism. He painted landscapes in an impressionistic manner, characteristic of the 1930s. He decorated performances at the Poltava Academic Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre named after Mykola Gogol.
The artist's paintings are kept in various museums not only in his native Poltava, but also in Tbilisi, Kharkiv, Lviv, and Kyiv. The Poltava Art Museum (Art Gallery) named after Mykola Yaroshenko currently houses 61 paintings and more than 200 graphic works by Pavlo Horobets.
Pavlo Horobets died in Poltava on 25 October 1974. He was buried in Poltava at the Monastery Cemetery of the Poltava Holy Cross Monastery.
In his hometown, a street in a new neighbourhood was named after the famous artist.
On 25 January 2025, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of Pavlo Horobets' birth, an exhibition dedicated to the artist's creative career opened at the Poltava Art Museum (Art Gallery) named after Mykola Yaroshenko .
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