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Robert Lisovskyi ( uk, Роберт Антонович Лісовський; 29 December 1893 – 28 December 1982) was a Ukrainian artist and graphic designer, a follower of Mykhailo Boychuk and

Heorhiy Narbut Heorhiy Narbut ( uk, Георгій Іванович Нарбут, in Narbutivka — 23 May 1920 in Kyiv) was the most important Ukrainian graphic designer of the twentieth century. He is known for designing the Ukrainian National Republic's c ...

. He was specializing in various forms of graphic arts, particularly

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and

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, scenography and design. The artist is known for his logo designs of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and

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's crane. Lisovskyi was a head of the Associations of Ukrainian in

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Biography

Lisovsky was born in a family of the director of mechanical shops in

Kamianske Kamianske ( uk, Кам'янське, ), formerly Dniprodzerzhynsk, is an industrial city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine and a port on the Dnieper. Administratively, it serves as the administrative center of Kamianske Raion. Kamianske hosts ...

. His mother Julia von Ander was of German descent. Robert also was baptized as Evangelical Lutheran. His elementary education, Lisovsky received in a local German school. In 1906 Lisovsky attended Hohol Arts School in

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where he received instructions from such artists like

Opanas Slastion Opanas Heorhiiovych Slastion ( uk, Опанас Георгійович Сластіон, – September 24, 1933) was a Ukrainian graphic artist, painter, and ethnographer. He was born in the port town of Berdiansk (now Ukraine) on the Berdyans ...

and Latvian Rūdolfs Pelše (1880 — 1942). Later he studied at the Murashko Drawing School in Kiev (director

Mykola Murashko Mykola Ivanovych Murashko ( uk, Микола Іванович Мурашко, translit=Mykola Ivanovych Murashko; 20 May 1844, Hlukhiv, Glukhov, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire – 22 September 1909, Bucha, Kiev Oblast, Bucha, Kiev Go ...

) along with Vasyl Sedlyar,

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, Pavlo Kovzhun, and others. After that Lisovsky studied at the

Ukrainian State Academy of Arts The National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture ( uk, Націона́льна акаде́мія образотво́рчого мисте́цтва і архітекту́ри; НАОМА) - is an art university in Kyiv, Ukraine specialis ...

in Kyiv being taught by Mykhailo Boychuk and

. Exhibition of his works, Lisovsky started in 1914. In 1919 he became a member of "Musegetes" literary and art association and worked on decorations to the play "Romeo and Juliet" for the "Molodyi Teatr" (''Young Theatre''). Among his earlier book illustrations are a poem collection cover of M.Mocharovskyi "Above the field of curse, a love is sobbing" and a draft to a poem collection cover of

Pavlo Tychyna Pavlo Hryhorovych Tychyna ( uk, Павло Григорович Тичина; – September 16, 1967) was a major Ukrainian poet, translator, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman. He composed the lyrics to the Anthem of the Ukra ...

"Sunny clarinets" (last one never was realized). Lisovskyi also had a beautiful voice and for some time studied at conservatorium of professor Olena Muravyova and sang in choir of the academic community.

External links

Robert Lisovskyi
at Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine

at

Encyclopedia of Ukraine The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies. Development The work was creat ...

* Hoshovskyi, I., Zasiadko, M.
Was the Lufthansa Logo Designed by a Ukrainian artist?
'. Centre for Transport Strategies. 13 July 2015 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lisovskyi, Robert 1893 births 1982 deaths People from Kamianske People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate Ukrainian people of German descent Russian Lutherans Ukrainian graphic designers Ukrainian illustrators Ukrainian heraldic artists 20th-century Lutherans