Yulian Pankevych
Yuliian Yakovych Pankevych (; 4 June 1863 — Summer 1933) was a Ukrainian painter, writer, and activist. Sometimes, he went by the pseudonym, Простен Добромисл (roughly, "simple peasant"). He often gave free art lessons to children. He was also a talented violinist and singer and organized choral societies in small villages. Biography Pankevych was born in the village of Ustia-Zelene His father, Yakiv, who was a church painter. He spent much of his childhood in Yezupil. In 1884, he graduated from the Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Berezhany. With financial assistance from the Dzieduszycki (Sas), Dzieduszycki family, he was able to study at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts under the direction of Jan Matejko. From 1885 to 1887, he continued his studies in Vienna. During the 1890s, he painted one of his best-known works; an iconostasis featuring the Madonna at the Church of St.Prophet Elijah in . From 1892 to 1898, he worked in Stanyslaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk ...
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