Taras Shevchenko was also an artist. Survived 835 works that have survived in the original and partly in nametali engravings and wood engravers Russia and other countries, as well as copies of accomplished artists that during the life of Shevchenko. The idea of artistic heritage Shevchenko complementary information on more than 270 lost and has not found work. Picturesque and graphic works on time execution date from the years 1830-1861, and geographically linked to Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. For genre - portraits, compositions on mythological, historical and everyday themes, landscapes and architectural views. Completed in their writing technique of oil on canvas and takozhakvarellyu, sepia, ink, lead olivtsemta etching technique on separate sheets of white, colored and tinted paper of different sizes and in five albums. A significant part of the artistic heritage Shevchenko are completed, but no less valuable for understanding the creative ways and creative method of disclosure is an artist and his numerous sketches, sketches, sketches and academic studies. Of all the works of only a small part has copyright signatures, inscriptions and even less - copyright date.
