Vasyl Illich Kasiyan ( uk , 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
Eastern Galicia ( uk, Східна Галичина, Skhidna Galychyna, pl, Galicja Wschodnia, german: Ostgalizien) is a geographical region in Western Ukraine (present day oblasts of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil), having also essential h ...
, he was a World War I veteran. While studying in
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
The Academy of Fine Arts, Prague ( cs, Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze; AVU) is an art college in Prague, Czech Republic. Founded in 1799, it is the oldest art college in the country. The school offers twelve master's degree programs and on ...
in 1920s, Kasiyan was a student of Czech painter
Max Švabinský
Max Švabinský (17 September 1873 – 10 February 1962) was a Czech painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, and professor in Academy of Graphic Arts in Prague. Švabinský is considered one of the more notable artists in the history of Czech p ...
.
External links
Vasyl Kasiyanin the
Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( uk, Українська радянська енциклопедія, ''Ukrayinska radyanska entsyklopediya'') was a multi-purpose encyclopedia of Ukraine, issued in the USSR.
First attempt
Following th ...
* Yankovska, O.V.
Kasiyan Vasyl Illich (КАСІЯН ВАСИЛЬ ІЛЛІЧ)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
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1896 births
1976 deaths
20th-century Ukrainian politicians
People from Sniatyn
People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague alumni
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Full Members of the USSR Academy of Arts
Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
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
Academic staff of the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts
Academic staff of the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture
Heroes of Socialist Labour
People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts)
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize
Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
Soviet illustrators
Soviet painters
Soviet printmakers
Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians
Ukrainian male painters
Ukrainian printmakers
Burials at Baikove Cemetery