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 work of Roman Selsky in the 1960s is a period of development of "Ukrainian colorism." At that time, the artist often traveled to the Carpathians for plein airs, and village Dzembronia was his favorite place. Among the artist's dominant objects are the thickets of the Carpathian forest, stumps, and "vorynia" (wooden fences). The artist admires the beauty of Ukrainian landscapes and experiments with color, which becomes the primary artistic medium, subordinating lines, spots, and rhythms.
