Thread by @DailyArtMag

[1/4] Last night c.25 works of one of the most famous 🇺🇦 painters, Maria Prymachenko, were destroyed - source: @MFA_Ukraine.
They were housed in Ivankiv Museum of Local History, which was burned down during the 🇷🇺 invasion on Ukraine.
Maria Prymachenko, Flowers for Peace, 1965

[2/4] Maria Prymachenko was a Ukrainian folk painter, representative to naive art. She usually made gouache or watercolor paintings. Her art is rooted in the Ukrainian folk legends and fairy-tales, often depicting nature and imaginary creatures.
#Ukraine

[3/4]Prymachenko was awarded the T.G. Shevchenko National Prize of 🇺🇦 and her works were exhibited around the world.

“I bow down before the artistic miracle of this brilliant Ukrainian.”
- Pablo Picasso
🖼May I Give This Ukrainian Bread to All People in This Big Wide World, 1982

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1. Ukrainian Bull, Three Years Old, Went Walking Through the Woods and Garners Strength, 1983
2. The Little Elephant Who Wanted to Be a Sailor, 1973
3. Ukrainian Dancers, 1983
4. Long-Necked and Itching, 1977

Note: the artworks in this thread are only used to illustrate Prymachenko’s art. It is not confirmed which and how many exactly have been destroyed.

Read our latest article on Maria Prymachenko and her art 🇺🇦

New reports say that people of Ivankiv managed to save some of her paintings in their homes. Others were on exhibition in Kyiv. 💙💛
#Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar

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