"Picturesque Ukraine" Is a series of drawings made by

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukraine, Ukrainian p ...

in 1844. Made using the technique of etching, the series was originally meant to consist of twelve published prints each year. However, due to financial difficulties this was made impossible, and only one album of six prints was finished, which consisted of ''In

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

'', ''

Vydubychi Monastery Vydubychi Monastery ( ua, Видубицький монастир ''Vydubyts'kyi monastyr'') is an historic monastery in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. During the Soviet period it housed the NANU Institute of Archaeology. History The monastery w ...

, Ship Council'', ''Fairy Tale'', ''Old Age'', and ''Gifts in Chyhyryn''.

Gallery

File:Старости офорт.jpg, Old Age File:Казка. Шевченко Т.jpg, Fairy Tale File:Taras Shevchenko TS8.jpg,

File:У Києві.jpg, In Kiev File:Судна рада 1844.jpg, Ship Council File:Дари в Чигирині 1649 року.jpg, Gifts in Chyhyryn

References

{{Art-stub Taras Shevchenko 19th-century etchings Works about Ukraine