Mariia Krompets-Morachevska
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Mariia Krompets-Morachevska | |
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| Марія Петрівна Кромпець-Морачевська | |
| Born | 10 April 1897 |
| Died | 3 November 1960 (aged 63) |
| Alma mater | Oleksa Novakivskyi Art School, University of Lviv |
| Occupations | Artist of decorative and applied arts, a painter, and a teacher |
Mariia Krompets-Morachevska (Ukrainian: Марія Петрівна Кромпець-Морачевська; 10 April 1897 – 3 November 1960) was a Ukrainian artist of decorative and applied arts, a painter, and a teacher. Wife of Yurii Morachevskyi, mother of Sofiia Morachevska-Temnytska.[1][2]
Mariia Krompets-Morachevska was born on 10 April 1897 in Sokolivka (now Zolochiv Raion of the Lviv Oblast).[1][3]
In 1922–1923, she attended lectures at the Lviv Art and Industrial School. In 1926, she graduated from the Oleksa Novakivskyi Art School,[4] and in 1929 from the Faculty of Philosophy at University of Lviv.[1][3]
She worked in various positions, in particular, from 1922 at the Lviv Ukrainian Women's Gymnasium of the Basilian Sisters; at the same time at the Lviv Private Teachers' Seminary for Women, the Lviv Women's Humanist Seminary of the Ridna Shkola Society; in 1941–1943 she headed the textile department of the Lviv Art and Industrial School. In 1945–1948, she was a design artist at the Maria Zankovetska Ukrainian Drama Theater, where she created theatrical costumes together with Eleia Olesnytska.[1][3][5]
From 1948 she lived in Vienna, and in 1950 she emigrated to Philadelphia (USA), where she worked as a teacher at the St. Nicholas Church from 1950 to 1958. She took an active part in the Ukrainian community of the city. She was a member of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America and the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations.[1]
She died on 3 November 1960 in a car accident. She was buried in Philadelphia (USA).[1]
