Independent initiative — not affiliated with any government or EU institution. All data aggregated from public sources: Eurostat, European Commission, EEAS, Kyiv Independent, UN.

Home EU Accession Map Timeline People Heritage Art Data News Myths Quiz Contact

Home
/Ukrainian Art
/Artwork
/Sedliar-kobzar-illustration

EU-UA.com

An educational platform exploring Ukraine's European identity and EU integration journey.

Explore

EU Accession Chapters
Cultural Map
Historical Timeline
Notable People
Heritage Tracker
Data Dashboard
Myths & Reality
Knowledge Quiz
Contact & Support

About

Data sourced from the European Commission, Eurostat, EEAS, and official Ukrainian government sources. Updated regularly as negotiations progress.

Built by Cleareds — Belgium

Illustration for Shevchenko's 'Kobzar' — Vasyl Sedliar — EU-UA.com — EU-UA.com

Ukrainian Art/Illustration for Shevchenko's 'Kobzar'

Illustration for Shevchenko's 'Kobzar'

Ілюстрація до «Кобзаря»

ArtistVasyl Sedliar

MovementBoychukism (Monumentalism)

Year1931

MediumPrint / graphic illustration

LocationFrom the 1931 'Kobzar' edition

An illustration for the landmark 1931 'Kobzar' in the monumental Boychukist style.

About the Artist

Vasyl Sedliar

1899–1937

Close associate of Boychuk; painter, ceramicist and book artist best known for his complete cycle of illustrations to Shevchenko's 'Kobzar'; executed by the NKVD in 1937.

View artist profile →

Movements

Boychukism (Monumentalism)

1910s–1930s

A Ukrainian monumental-art school founded by Mykhailo Boychuk fusing Byzantine icon tradition, Italian Quattrocento and Ukrainian folk art into a synthetic 'great style'. Annihilated by Stalinism — its leaders executed in 1937 and nearly all works destroyed.

Explore movement →

Also part of

Executed Renaissance Ukrainian Graphic Art & Book Design

Related Works

1927

In the Liknep School

1927

Execution at Mezhyhirya

A partly destroyed monumental painting; one of the few surviving works of Sedliar, executed in 1937.

1923

The Milkmaid

Mykhailo Boychuk