Metal badge "Beast-Bird" by Yellow_Blue_UA based on the work of Maria Prymachenko

Icon based on the painting of the decorative plate "Beast-Bird"

While studying in the Lavra workshops, the artist discovered ceramics. Paintings on jugs, plates, and sculptures of fantastic beasts were just as good to her as paintings. One of these products, namely the decorative plate "Fantastic Beast" from 1970, became the basis for the creation of a new foam.

This product was created in collaboration with the Maria Prymachenko Family Foundation

Material - metal coated with colored enamel.

Foams of the Yellow_Blue_UA brand gained particular popularity after Eurovision 2024, where they were presented to the finalists as a gift from Ukraine.

UNESCO declared 2009 the Year of Primachenko, and a minor asteroid was named in her honor. Her drawings impressed Pablo Picasso and Louis Aragon back in the 1930s.

Historical background

During the offensive of Russian troops on February 28, 2022, a local history museum burned down in the town of Ivankiv, Kyiv region, where about two and a half dozen works by the world-famous artist Maria Prymachenko were stored. All the paintings from the museum were lost. You can learn more about the fund for the preservation of Maria Prymachenko's work on their Instagram page.