In Chernihiv Historical Museum named after VV. Tarnowska to mark the 70th anniversary of the famous in Chernihiv master engraver created exhibition "Wonderworld Anatoly Sementsov".
Born Anatoliy 8 February 1949 year on the farm Polyana district Korop. After graduating from 1978 year of the Kosovo Technical School of Folk Arts and Crafts named after V.. Kasiana worked in the Chernihiv region: artistic painting workshop in the village area of Nice Ichniansky, from 1980 - a graphic designer in forestry Sosnitsky interkolkhoz, 1993-1997 he lectured in anthropology and conducted art carving circle in the center of children's creativity in Koropi. Now permanently living Sosnica.
Anatoliy initially recognized as a master carver: wooden reliefs of pagan gods and goddesses, mythological characters, heroes folk songs, panel, dedicated to the autumn-winter and spring-summer folk festivals, it made in the techniques of sculpture, relief, contour, Cottonwood-indent carving. At one time it was attracted by the theme of Easter eggs in the 1990 Master traveled several districts Chernihiv (Korop, Sosnitsky, Novgorod-Seversky), found and sketched over 200 ornaments Easter eggs, of whom, reproduced in wooden forms. In his works, there are a series of clay masks of characters from Gogol writer famous works "The Night Before Christmas", "Sorochintsy Fair".
A. Sementsov willingly manufactures furniture, various parts for the interior design for themselves, and at the request of institutions and individuals. In particular, many works of Anatoly Petrovich - carved besidky, Wooden sculptures and panels, You can see in the Crimea. 19 chairs, thrones made at his own sketches to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. Today, despite the relatively advanced age, Master full of creative ideas, plans, continues to create inspiring.
The exhibition represents works from the collection of Chernihiv A.Sementsova historical museum of VV. Tarnovsky (Wooden masks relief, Eggs) and from the personal collection of Anatoly Petrovich (clay mask from "The Night Before Christmas", wooden panels).
