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Oleksandr Khrapachov
"Bessarabka"

2025

$2,500
£1,893.43
€2,211.63
CA$3,578.71
A$3,627.74
CHF 2,063.35
MX$44,159.87
NOK 24,201.13
SEK 24,260.27
DKK 16,531.96

About the Item

Bessarabka Oleksandr Khrapachov, 2025 --- Kyiv has many faces — grand and hidden, festive and everyday. But there is one place where all these faces come together in a single space. That is Bessarabka. The Central Market, built at the beginning of the twentieth century, is not merely a commercial building. It is the heart of the city, beating to its own rhythm for over a century. Its elegant architecture, born in the Art Nouveau era, still compels people to stop and look up — even those who pass through here every day. Thousands of people, Kyiv residents and tourists from all over the world, are drawn to this place with an irresistible force, as if Bessarabka itself attracts them — with its secrets, its scent, its unchanging presence amidst a city that is constantly changing. Oleksandr Khrapachov stops right here — and this is no coincidence. In his 2025 ‘Bessarabka’, the artist captures not a tourist postcard, but the living pulse of the city: that moment when architecture and the crowd, light and shadow, past and present coexist simultaneously within a single frame. His signature synthesis of academicism and impressionism takes on a particular urban sharpness here. Academic precision conveys the monumentality of the building — its proportions, its weight, its centuries-old dignity. The impressionistic brushstroke fills the space with movement: people, glints of light on the cobblestones, the lively bustle of the market square — all this pulsates and breathes on the canvas. The 40×60 cm format — intimate and intimate — compels the viewer to draw closer. And in this closeness, something suddenly reveals itself that is usually lost in the crowd: a detail, a glance, a shade of light that transforms an ordinary Kyiv afternoon into something eternal. --- ‘Bessarabka’ is a painting for those who love Kyiv. For those who have been there at least once and want to return. And for those who haven’t been yet — but already feel the pull of this city. Hang it up — and a piece of Kyiv will settle in your home forever. Canvas, oil • 40×60 cm • 2025 Oleksandr Khrapachov (b. 1981) --- Publication of the work in the 2026 personal catalogue: Khrapachov, O.M. Painting. Plein air: an album of works / compiled by O. Khrapachov. – Kyiv: Sofia-A, 2026. 36 pp. ==/===//===// On 04.03.2026, the presentation of O.M. Khrapachov’s personal catalogue _2026 took place ==//===
  • Creator:
    Oleksandr Khrapachov
  • Creation Year:
    2025
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
  • Medium:
    Canvas,Oil
  • Movement & Style:
    Realist
  • Period:
    21st Century
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Edinburgh, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1987218152172

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