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Fedir Manailo

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Fedir Manailo (Template:Lang-uk, 1910–1978) was a Ukrainian artist from Zakarpattia Oblast, influenced by the expressionist movement. Zakarpattia Oblast at that time part of Carpathian Ruthenia, Austria-Hungary, later part of Czechoslovakia until 1945.

Manailo studied at the Art and Technical School in Prague with Brunner. He visited France in 1930, traveling to Paris, Marseilles and Lyon, France. From 1937 to 1945 he taught decorative art at the Uzhhorod Trade School, before moving on to lecture at the Uzhhorod Art School. Starting from the 1940s, Manailo painted genre scenes of the Zakarpattia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Spirit of Ukraine: 500 Years of Painting. Winnipeg Art Gallery. 1991, pg. 322 ISBN 0-88915-163-6.