Artistic traditions of Ukraine

In Ukraine portrait painting as a separate genre emerged during the Renaissance (18th century) and was strongly influenced by the icon tradition.

T. Schevchenko devoted most of his painting to Ukrainian interests and has been considered the Father of modern Ukrainian painting. 

During the 19th century landscape painting appeared as a separate genre.

The early 20th-century impressionism had a direct impact on Ukrainian painting.

The Ukrainian State Academy of Arts was established in Kyiv in 1925. 

Perestroika gave creative freedom and a proliferation of styles and manners of depiction.