Yevhen Lysyk

• Honorific Prefix — People's Painter • Name — Yevhen Lysyk • Born — 21 September 1930 • Birthplace — Sznyrów, Poland • Died — 4 May 1991 • Place of death — Lviv, Ukraine • Education — Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts • Occupation — Theater artist • Awards — Shevchenko National Prize, People's Painter of the Ukrainian SSR

He was born on 21 September 1930 in Shnyriv (now Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) into a peasant family. He lost his mother early, and the boy was raised by his father and grandfather. In 1937, he began his studies at the local elementary school. Together with his father, he attended the village theater, which was located in the People's House. Lysyk studied at the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (a student of Roman Selskyi). He was expelled from the institute in 1959 at the height of the anti-abstractionist campaign. He was reinstated a year later, but ideological pressure on the artist continued. In 1961, he completed his studies. From that same year, he worked at the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater (from 1967 – chief artist). In 1967, he became a laureate of the O. Havryliuk Prize. In 1971, he was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize. In 1975, he received the title of People's Painter of Ukraine. He designed about 100 stage sets. He died on 4 May 1991, in Lviv. He is buried in Lychakiv Cemetery, field No. 67. In 2005, a monument by sculptor Roman Petruk and architect Kostiantyn Prysiazhnyi was erected on his grave.