Vasyl Kasiian
Vasyl Kasiian Василь Касіян | |
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Born | Vasyl Illich Kasiian 1 January 1896 Mykulyntsi, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 26 June 1976(1976-06-26) (aged 80) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Occupation | Artist, graphic |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Vasyl Illich Kasiian (Ukrainian: Василь Ілліч Касіян; 1 January 1896 – 26 June 1976) was a Soviet and Ukrainian painter, graphic, parliamentary, People's Painter of the USSR, 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, Kasiian was a student of Czech painter Max Švabinský.
External links
- Vasyl Kasiian in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
- Yankovska, O.V. Kasiian Vasyl Illich (КАСІЯН ВАСИЛЬ ІЛЛІЧ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
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Preceded by Oleksandr Pashchenko | Head of the National society of painters of Ukraine 1944–1949 with second term (1962–1968) | Succeeded by Oleksiy Shovkunenko |
Preceded by Mykhailo Derehus | Succeeded by Vasyl Borodai |
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1964 Shevchenko National Prize winners
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Vasyl Kasiyan
- Stanislav Liudkevych
- Andriy Malyshko
- Nikolai Tikhonov