3. Answer the questions.

• What family was Katerina Bilokur born in?

• What did she study?

• What paints were the amateurish portraits of people made with?

• What were the main features of all her works?

• Where were Bilokur's paintings first displayed?

• What paints did Katerina Bilokur use in the 1950s?

• What did she paint most of all?

4. Say if the sentences are true or false. Correct the false sentences.

• Bilokur's beautiful pictures of the colorful Ukrainian castles are a significant landmark in the history of Ukrainian folk art.

• She was born in the family of a rich peasant.

• Studying attentively nature, Katerina Bilokur gradually enriched herself with new impressions and penetrated into the mysteries of painting.

• Her first works were professional.

• Vitality, harmony and sense of colours in the pictures became the main features of all her works.

• Bilokur's paintings were first displayed at the Kyiv Regional Exhibition in 1940.

• In the 1950s Bilokur made her first attempts in water-colour painting.

• In her native village a museum was erected in her honor.

5. Read and translate the text.

Vasyl Kasiian

V . Kasiian was a well-known and interesting artist. He worked in all graphic techniques – wood engraving, copper engraving, lithography and others. His drawing and water-colours are also well-known. He was the editor of “Taras Shevchenko: the Artist’s Heritage”, which contained all of Shevchenko’s known works. Since 1927 Kasiian’s numerous artistic works were displayed at exhibitions. V. Kasiian worked as a painter and book designer. He was one of the founders of the Association of Independent Ukrainian Artists.

He also edited his journal “Mystetstvo” and organized arts exhibitions. After his immigration to the USA he helped to found the Ukrainian Artists’ Association. Since 1990 he has painted over 50 churches in North America and Europe. His wall paintings and iconostases combine neo-Byzantine and modernist styles.

graphic – графічний heritage – спадщина Byzantine – візантійський art exhibition – мистецька виставка founder – засновник to paint – малювати

6. Answer the questions:

1. What was V. Kasiian?

2. What kind of graphic techniques did he work in?

3. Who was the founder of the Association of Independent Ukrainian artists?

4. What journal did he edit?

5. Where did he immigrate?

7. Fill in the gaps.

• V. Kasiian was a well-known and interesting ____________.

• He worked in all graphic techniques – ____________________ and others.

• Since 1927 Kasiian’s numerous artistic works __________________ at exhibitions.

• He also edited his journal ______________ and organized arts exhibitions.

• Since 1990 he has painted over __________ in ___________ and _____________.