Vasyl Kasiyan
Vasyl Kasiyan Василь Касіян | |
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| Born | Vasyl Kasian 1 January 1896 Mykulyntsi, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 26 June 1976 (aged 80) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Artist, graphic |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Notable awards | Shevchenko Prize (1964) |
Vasyl Illich Kasiyan (Ukrainian: Василь Ілліч Касіян; born 1 January 1896 in Mykulyntsi, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary – died 26 June 1976 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) was a Ukrainian painter, graphic, parliamentary, People's Painter of the Soviet Union, academician of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union.
A native of Eastern Galicia, he was a World War I veteran. While studying in Academy of Fine Arts, Prague in 1920s, Kasiyan was a student of Czech painter Max Švabinský.
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External links[]
- Vasyl Kasiyan in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
- Yankovska, O.V. Kasiyan Vasyl Illich (КАСІЯН ВАСИЛЬ ІЛЛІЧ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
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- 1896 births
- 1976 deaths
- People from Sniatyn
- People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians
- Ukrainian painters
- Ukrainian male painters
- Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
- Academy of Fine Arts, Prague alumni
- Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Full Members of the USSR Academy of Arts
- National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture faculty
- Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts faculty
- Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- 20th-century Ukrainian politicians
- Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Burials at Baikove Cemetery