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His work has been shown alongside artists such as Anish Kapoor, Jeff Koons, Jenny Saville, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Marina Abramović and Yinka Shonibare. His practice often focuses on botanical and organic imagery, presenting centralised natural forms as contemplative visual subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEstimated Date\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLate 20th \/ early 21st century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProvenance \u0026amp; Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a private collection. Original artwork by an internationally exhibited contemporary artist. Carefully packed and shipped to ensure safe delivery. 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The son of graphic artist Viktor Yalanskyi, he studied under V.I. Zaretsky before attending the Kyiv State Art Institute under Professor V. Shatalin and later undertook postgraduate training at the Academy of Arts of the USSR under Professor T.N. Golembievsky. Yalanskyi is recognised for continuing the traditions of classical realist and plein-air painting, producing atmospheric landscapes and rural scenes distinguished by expressive painterly brushwork and sophisticated light effects. His works are held in major museum collections including the National Art Museum of Ukraine, the National Museum of T.G. Shevchenko in Kaniv, and the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. 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