Maria Prymachenko

B. 1909, Bolotnya, Ukraine
D. 1997, Bolotnya, Ukraine

Maria Prymachenko’s paintings are referred to as “naïve art”, a term used to describe the work of artists who did not receive formal art training and who are completely self-taught, without having many references to the history of art. She found her sources and themes in the decorative wall paintings that were prominent features in Ukraine, in lullabies, folk legends, and fairy tales, and in the nature that surrounded her.Prymachenko loved colour and imbued her paintings with rhythmic shapes and  colours creating a sensitive and passionate ode to life while interweaving it with the folk art influences that she grew up with.