Wassyl Kasijan

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Woodcut by Wassyl Kasijan, 1927

Wassyl Illitsch Kasijan ( Ukrainian Василь Ілліч Касіян ; born January 1, 1896 in Mykulynzi near Snjatyn , Galicia , Austria-Hungary ; † June 26, 1976 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) was a Ukrainian graphic artist, art historian and politician.

Life

During the First World War , Wassyl Kasijan served in the Austro-Hungarian army from 1915 to 1918 and was a prisoner of war in Italy for two years. He then studied from 1920 to 1926 at the Prague Academy of Arts . In 1923 he took on the Soviet citizenship and from 1927 he was a professor at the Kiev Art Institute and other art schools. Kasijan had been a member of the CPSU (B) since 1946 . Between 1962 and 1968 he was Chairman of the Board of the Union of Artists of the USSR . He was also a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts and from 1947 to 1951 and from 1963 to 1975 a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Vasyl Kasijan died in Kiev at the age of 80 and was buried in the Baikowe Cemetery .

Kasijan's tomb in the Baikowe cemetery

Kasijan mainly created graphics and illustrations. His works dealt with revolution, civil war, peace work and "Blooming Ukraine". He created illustrations for many works of classical literature, including Nikolai Gogol , Ivan Franko , Mychajlo Kozjubynskyj , Wassyl Stefanyk , Pavlo Tychyna and Taras Shevchenko ,

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on Wassyl Kasijan in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ; accessed on June 13, 2017 (Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ a b c d e Short biography Wassyl Kasijan on the website of the Baikowe cemetery; accessed on June 13, 2017 (Russian)
  3. ↑ biography Wassyl Kasijan on chl.kiev.ua ; accessed on June 13, 2017 (Russian)
  4. ↑ Short biography Wassyl Kasijan on the website of the Taras Shevchenko Prize Committee; accessed on June 13, 2017 (Ukrainian)
personal data
SURNAME Kasijan, Wassyl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kasijan, Wassyl Illitsch (full name); Касіян, Василь Ілліч (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian graphic artist, art historian and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Mykulynzi near Snjatyn , Galicia , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1976
Place of death Kiev , Ukrainian SSR