Abstract

The events of World War I were decisive in forming the careers of artists who found themselves caught somewhere within the shifting borders of the disintegrating Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the imperial city of Prague, particularly, numerous Slavic artists from the former realms of the Habsburg emperors and the Russian czars took refuge, finding there a freedom of opportunity in a Western-oriented capital. The suppressed issues of national identity that surfaced in the aftermath of the war provided the opportunity for the founding of the Ukrainian Studio of Plastic Arts, known as the Ukrainian Academy. The school was the brainchild of Dmytro Antonovych, professor of art history at the Ukrainian Free University in Prague. Under his directorship the Ukrainian Academy opened its doors on December 24, 1923. Unlimited in its support of artistic directions and styles, the Academy provided the obligatory nexus for emigration that would allow Ukrainian artists to renew and sustain their national ties while pursui...

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