Roman Selsky is a central figure of high modernism in Ukraine and the founder of the modern Lviv school of painting. He worked in the fields of easel and graphic art. The author's artistic style reflects the entire evolution of European modernism, from impressionism to abstraction.
In the 1950s, under the pressure of Soviet censorship, Roman Selsky created several narrative compositions on the theme of the Soviet village. Despite the prominent socialist realist style, the artist does not lose his characteristic color and plastic harmony. By contrasting a flock of birds with thick clouds, the artist fills the image with an unusual rhythmic sound, adding a tense, melancholic mood.
