—Pablo Picasso about Maria Prymachenko (1908-1997)
For Art Thursday, a bit of Ukrainian art.
Last week, the Ivankiv Museum was burned by Russia, destroying 25 of Maria Prymachenko's works.
Maria had childhood polio. Surgeries in Kyiv in the 1930s enabled her to walk. From an article by Rebecca Bengal: "Back in Kyiv, Prymachenko met her fiancé, Vasyl Marynchuk, before he went to war, never to return. Her brother was shot dead by the Nazis. Prymachenko returned to Ivankiv as a single mother, working on a collective farm. She embroidered flowers against a black backdrop of a tablecloth and did not pick up her paintbrushes again until the late 1940s."
Our Army, Our Protectors
by Maria Prymachenko
A Dove has spread her wings and asks for peace
by Maria Prymachenko
Love
by Alexander Milo
In Search of Destiny
Viktor Kryzhanivskyi
Self-Portrait
by Tatiana Yablonska
1 comment:
Prymachenko's folk art is beautiful...I especially like the Dove piece.
Tatiana Yablonska's self portrait is excellent.
Thanks for sharing some art done by Ukrainians.
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