Lissa NZar

All of this in one day (the biggest attack occured at night).

russians hitting important cultural buildings is nothing new, they destroyed countless of churches and museums, but this night feels like they were targeting specifically everything significant to ukrainian culture and identity. And after that they and their supporters dare to say "where's your culture? you have none".

Art and culture is NEVER out of politics. THIS is why we're so mad when westerners keep praising anything related to russian culture itself. While people are praising their culture, russians are actively stealing and destroying ours.

The painting is titled "Life (triptych) - Returning" (also known as "Return" or "Повернення" in Ukrainian).

This artwork is the final part of a celebrated triptych by the Ukrainian artist Fedir Krychevsky (also spelled Thodor Krytchevsky). The full triptych, titled "Life" ("Життя" in Ukrainian), consists of three parts: "Love", "Family", and "Return".

Key details about the painting:

Artist: Fedir Krychevsky

Title: Life (triptych) - Returning

Date: Painted between 1925 and 1927

Style: A prominent example of Ukrainian modernism, synthesizing Art Nouveau elements with traditional Ukrainian religious painting

Location: The original is held in the collection of the National Art Museum of Ukraine in Kyiv