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LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:
Your art history post for today: by Tetiana Yablonska (1917-2005), Self-portrait, 1945, oil on canvas, 78 × 52 cm., National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev. #ukraine #womenartists
From USA Art News: ‘Yablonska had not only a successful creative life but also an active career. During her lifetime she held many high positions and more than 30 solo exhibitions in the Soviet Union and beyond. However, her political position as an art official and deputy did not affect her active life position. She was a very brave woman who defended the artist’s right to self-expression. This attitude was seen as opposing the “will of the party” and led to numerous clashes with bureaucrats and party bosses. Yablonska was deprived of exhibitions, her paintings were removed from expositions, and she was removed from her posts. But even punitive measures could not change her attitude to art.’
