Osyp Kuryłas

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Osyp Petrovych Kurylas (Ukrainian: О́сип Петро́вич Курила́с; 7 August 1870 – 25 June 1951) was a Ukrainian painter and graphic artist best known for his depictions of Hutsuls and postcards depicting the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, among other works.

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Biography Osyp Petrovych Kurylas was born 7 August 1870 in the settlement of Shchyrets, in what was then Austria-Hungary. He first graduated from the Lviv Industrial Design School (now the Ivan Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts) in 1890 or 1892 before later studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, graduating in 1900. In Kraków, he studied under Polish painters Leon Wyczółkowski and Jacek Malczewski, and he became a member of the Lviv-based Society for Development of Ruthenian Shtuky in 1898. In early works, Kurylas focused heavily on social issues, such as orphans and the homeless. He was active in painting commissioned portraits, the money of which he spent on a trip to culturally-significant European cities in 1903. He married his wife, the Polish Valeriia Skorkhan, in 1906. Two years later, he produced some of his most popular works, including portraits of Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Kotliarevsky, and Ukraine's hetmans. He also illustrated Mykola Arkas's History of Ukraine. After the beginning of World War I Kurylas joined the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. In addition to being an infantryman of the Sich, he was also head of the art department of the group's press service, and produced several…Citește mai mult