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.
The Carpathian theme is one of the favorites in Roman Selsky's work because he associated this area with home and a sense of native land. The artist depicts the unique flavor of the Hutsul region with great love, emphasizing the grandeur and uniqueness of the local life with bright, bold colors. Through the metaphor of nature, he reproduces his own psychological state. Hiding among the colors, the artist seeks to find inner freedom.
