Ivanna Nyzhnyk-Vynnykiv
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Ivanna Nyzhnyk-Vynnykiv | |
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| Іванна Василівна Нижник-Винників | |
| Born | 8 July 1912 |
| Died | 9 January 1993 (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | Oleksa Novakivskyi Art School, Académie Julian |
| Occupations | Artist of decorative textiles and ceramics, painter |
Ivanna Nyzhnyk-Vynnykiv (Ukrainian: Іванна Василівна Нижник-Винників; 8 July 1912 – 9 January 1993) was a Ukrainian artist of decorative textiles and ceramics as well as a painter. From 1938 she was a member of the Association of Independent Ukrainian Artists.[1][2]
Ivanna Nyzhnyk was born on 8 July 1912 in Lviv[1] to the family of Vasyl Nyzhnyk and Mariia née Roiterovska (Ройтеровська).[3][4]
Until 1935, she studied at the Oleksa Novakivskyi Art School in Lviv. In 1949, she also finished studying painting at the Académie Julian. In 1932, she became an activist of the youth creative group "Rub", and in 1933, she became a member of the editorial board of the art almanac "Karby".[1][2]
From 1942 in Poland, and during 1945–1946 in the camps for displaced persons in the American occupation zone in Germany. In 1947–1957 she worked in Paris.[1]
She was also active in the public life of the Ukrainian community. In particular, she was a member of the Ukrainian Women's Union in France and the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations. As a compiler of ethnographic materials, she established cooperation with the scientific center of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Sarcelles.[1]
Nyzhnyk-Vynnykiv lived in the former home of Volodymyr Vynnychenko in Mougins, France. She died on 9 January 1993. In September 1995, she was reburied at the Yaniv Cemetery in Lviv.[1][2]
