Stepan Usyk
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BornJune 16, 1925
Studenyky, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
EducationKyiv Higher School of Applied Arts, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv Art School
KnownforPainting
Stepan Usyk | |
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| Степан Григорович Усик | |
 Self-portrait of Usyk, 1989 | |
| Born | June 16, 1925 Studenyky, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine |
| Died | September 11, 2001 |
| Education | Kyiv Higher School of Applied Arts, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv Art School |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Kobzar, Bread and Salt, Portrait of Father, Carpathian Winter, Fir House |
Stepan Usyk (June 16 1925 – September 11 2001) was a Ukrainian painter and member of the Transcarpathian painting school.
Usyk was born on June 16, 1925, in Studenyky, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. He studied at the Kyiv Higher School of Applied Arts and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, later receiving his art education at the Kyiv Art School.[1]
During World War II, Usyk was sent to Nazi Germany to perform forced labour. He was later imprisoned by the Soviet Union in 1954 for 5 years for "anti-Soviet agitation and Ukrainian bourgeois nationalism". After his release, he graduated from the painting department of the Uzhhorod School of Applied Arts, where he defended his diploma work Shevchenko-Kobzar.
