Loboda Ivan Ivanovych (1926-2017) - Ukrainian painter. Graduated from the Kyiv Art Institute (1957). Member of the National Union of Artists. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1976). One of the most talented and famous portrait painters of Ukraine in the second half of the 20th century. Born in the village of Mali Krynki, Poltava region. Graduated from the Kyiv Art Institute (1957), where he studied with O. Shovkunenko, V. Puzyrkov. Lived and worked in Ivano-Frankivsk.