1. In 1966, Prymachenko was awarded the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine.
18 Facts About Maria Prymachenko
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Maria Prymachenko attended school for four years, before contracting polio, leaving her with a physical impairment, which impacted her life and art.
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Maria Prymachenko's talent was recognised by the artist Tetiana Floru, who invited Prymachenko to work at the Central Experimental Workshop of the Kyiv Museum of Ukrainian Art in 1935.
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In Kyiv, Maria Prymachenko underwent two operations, which enabled her to stand unaided.
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In March 1941, their son Fedir Maria Prymachenko was born in Kyiv.
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Maria Prymachenko returned to Ivankiv and worked on a collective farm.
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Maria Prymachenko was awarded a first-degree diploma for participating in this exhibition of folk art.
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Maria Prymachenko's works were inspired by Ukrainian, and in particular Polesian, folk traditions.
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In 1966, Maria Prymachenko was awarded the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine.
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Maria Prymachenko's compositions were exhibited all over the former Soviet Union, Ukraine and other countries, including Poland, Bulgaria, France and Canada.
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Maria Prymachenko's albums were published widely all over the world.
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Maria Prymachenko's painting Rat on a Journey was copied by the famous Finnish designer Kristina Isola to a fabric design Folks in the Woods, which was used by Finnair for aircraft decor.
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Maria Prymachenko's work is featured on stamps and coins from Ukraine.
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In 1998, the minor planet Maria Prymachenko was named by Klim Churyumov in her honour.
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Over 650 of Maria Prymachenko's works are held in the collection of the National Folk Decorative Art Museum.
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In 2019, the Odesa artist Stepan Ryabchenko dedicated his work to the work of Maria Prymachenko, combining her and his heroes in a large-scale panorama "Dzherelo", which is located in Kyiv, at 5 Georgii Kirpa Street.
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In October 2023 - April 2024, Maria Prymachenko's works are exhibited at The Ukrainian Museum in New York.
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The Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum, where several works by Maria Prymachenko were held, was burned after a deliberate attack on a museum during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the reported loss of 25 of her works.