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Sofia Levytska

Portrait by Tanya Kornienko · click to enlarge

Sofia Levytska

painter, graphic artist · 1880–1937

A Ukrainian émigré artist who worked in Paris, known for her painting and graphics in the styles of Cubism and Post-Impressionism. At nineteen she was married to a doctor who proved to be a morally degraded man, and unable to endure his abuse she returned to her parents’ home.

She rebuilt her life around art in France, where her distinctive style found recognition.

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