On September 18. 2019, O.O.Osmerkin Art-Memorial Museum hosted a presentation of the exhibition and a themed booklet “Pictorial palette of Serhii and Anatolii Shapovalov” to Town Day.
    The exhibition presents more than 40 paintings of the famous artists from Kropyvnytskyi – Merited Artist of Ukraine Serhii Shapovalov and a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Anatolii Shapovalov. On the occasion of the 265th anniversary of the town of Kropyvnytskyi, they were awarded the honorary distinction “Of Merit” of the 2nd degree of the City Council. Special attention is drawn by the views of Kropyvnytskyi and its historical center with the architectural monuments of the past centuries depicted by Serhii Shapovalov. And the composition of everyday life and floral still lifes by Anatolii Shapovalov fill with positive emotions and the wind of the Ukrainian steppe.
    Siblings Serhii and Anatolii Shapovalovy were born in the Kirovohrad Region. Both of them graduated from Kyiv State Art Institute, now the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, in the specialty “Painting”. For many years they have been working as painters in Kirovohrad Art and Industrial Studios of the Art Fund of Ukrainian SSR. They are laureates of the Regional Award in Fine Art and Study of Art named after Oleksandr Osmerkin in the nomination “national tradition”. They are active participants in town, regional, all-Ukrainian, and foreign exhibitions. The artists have presented many personal exhibitions in many cities of Ukraine and abroad. Serhii Shapovalov exhibited his works in the National Taras Shevchenko Museum in Kyiv and in Guadalajara in Spain. And paintings by Anatolii Shapovalov were shown at prestigious international art auctions in Great Britain. The creative works of each artist have their artistic peculiarities that define the individual style. Their paintings are kept in Ukrainian museums and private collections.
    Deputy mayor Andrii Palyvoda, the head of the Regional Organization of the Union of Artists of Ukraine Andrii Khvorost, researchers of the Regional Art   Museum Anatolii Kimnatnyi and Hanna Nedilska, and Merited Journalist of Ukraine Bronislav Kumanskyi congratulated the famous artists on the vernissage. Serhii Shapovalov presented Bronislav Kumanskyi with a painting – a still life with red poppies. The museum staff presented the artists with traditional souvenirs – cups with the museum building image and a themed booklet of the exhibition. The event a musical greeting by Olha Tereshchenko, the teacher of the Musical School No.1 named after H.H.Neuhaus, was performed at the end of the event.