Maria Prymachenko

Maria Prymachenko was a Ukrainian village folk art painter, representative of naïve art. The artist was involved with drawing, embroidery and painting on ceramics. Laureate of the National Prize of Ukraine named after T.G. Shevchenko. Honored Artist of the USSR since 1970, People's Artist of Ukraine. Pablo Picasso once said after visiting a Prymachenko exhibition in Paris, “I bow down before the artistic miracle of this brilliant Ukrainian.” The year 2009 was declared the Year of Maria Prymachenko by the UNESCO.