Antin Ivanovych Manastyrsky ( uk, Антін Іванович Манастирський; November 2, 1878 – May 15, 1969) was a Ukrainian
folk artist,
painter, and
graphic artist. He is the father of artist
Vitold Manastyrsky.
Manastyrsky was born in the village of
Zavaliv, now
Ternopil Raion
Ternopil Raion ( uk, Тернопільський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil. It has a population of
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the n ...
of
Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...
, in the family of a postal official. He graduated from the Lviv Art-Industrial School and later the
Krakow Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1900, the Society for the Advancement of the Ruthenian Work, which Manastyrsky was a member of, staged an exhibition of his first paintings. Since that time, he began his artistic career. He paints a whole gallery of high-spiritual works - landscapes, contemporary reality, and satires. Manastyrsky lived and worked in
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...
.
Manastyrsky died May 15, 1969, and was buried in a family tomb at the
Lychakiv cemetery
Lychakiv Cemetery ( uk, Личаківський цвинтар, translit=Lychakivs’kyi tsvyntar; pl, Cmentarz Łyczakowski we Lwowie), officially State History and Culture Museum-Preserve "Lychakiv Cemetery" ( uk, Державний істор ...
.
External links
Manastyrsky Antin/ Entry in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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1878 births
1969 deaths
People from Ternopil Oblast
Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians
People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Ukrainian artists
Soviet painters
Ukrainian academics
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Burials at Lychakiv Cemetery
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