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Heorhiy Narbut

Георгій Нарбут

1886–1920 · Narbutivka, near Hlukhiv

Ukrainian Graphic Art & Book Design

Founding genius of modern Ukrainian graphic art; designed UNR banknotes, stamps and the state emblem, and the celebrated Ukrainian Alphabet; professor and rector of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts.

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Born: 1886, Narbutivka, near Hlukhiv
Died: 1920
Movements: Ukrainian Graphic Art & Book Design

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1910s–1930s

Ukrainian Graphic Art & Book Design

An early-20th-century renaissance of Ukrainian graphic art, typography, book illustration and state symbolism. Its founding figure Heorhiy Narbut created the visual identity of the modern Ukrainian state.

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Works by Heorhiy Narbut

1917

Ukrainian Alphabet (Abetka) — Letter A

A sheet from Narbut's Ukrainian Alphabet depicting the letter А with folk and Baroque motifs.

1917

100 Karbovantsiv Banknote of the UNR

Narbut's design for the 100 karbovantsiv note, the first banknote of the Ukrainian People's Republic.

1918

Banknote of the UNR (40 shah)

1918

Project for the Coat of Arms of the Ukrainian State

Narbut's heraldic project for the state coat of arms, built around the Volodymyr trident.