Naive art by Maria Prymachenko

Naive painting by Maria Prymachenko, Ukrainian village folk art painter

Decorative painting, Naive art by Maria Prymachenko, Ukrainian village folk art artist

Naive art by Maria Prymachenko
Self-taught artist Maria Prymachenko (1908–1997) is a bright representative of Ukrainian village folk art. Meanwhile, she worked in different genres of art and crafts – drawing, embroidery and ceramic painting. Maria has never studied art, her pictorial flair for bringing to life ideas, feelings and impressions gradually ripened into true mastery. Noteworthy, Pablo Picasso visited the exhibition of paintings by Prymachenko in Paris. According to him, she was a miracle. ‘I bow down before the artistic miracle of this brilliant Ukrainian.’
Noteworthy, a self-taught, Prymachenko is an Honored Artist of Ukraine and a Taras Shevchenko Prize Winner. Her art works decorated exhibitions all over the former Soviet Union, in particular, Ukraine and other countries. Also, in Poland, Bulgaria, France and Canada. Her albums were published widely all over the world.

Everyday life. Work by Ukrainian village folk art painter

According to Maria, images often appeared to her in dreams and later materialized in her compositions. Her art works depict fabulous mythological beasts and take their roots іn folk legends and fairy-tales, nourished bу real life and culture of the Ukrainian people.