Michael Kmit Artist

Michael Kmit (Ukrainian: Михайло Кміт) (25 July 1910, Stryi, — 22 May 1981 Sydney, Australia) was a Ukrainian painter who spent twenty-five years in Australia. He is notable for introducing a neo-Byzantine style of painting to Australia, and winning a number of major Australian art prizes including the Blake Prize (1952) and the Sulman Prize (in both 1957 and 1970). In 1969 the Australian artist and art critic James Gleeson described Kmit as "one of the most sumptuous colourists of our time".

Personal facts

Michael Kmit
Alias (AKA)Кміт Михайло
Birth dateJuly 25, 1910
Birth place
Stryi , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Nationality
Ukrainian Australian
Date of deathMay 22, 1981
Place of death
Sydney , Australia

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Artist

Award
Sir John Sulman Prize
Blake Prize for Religious Art
Influenced by
Byzantine art
Movement
Cubism
Constructivism (art)
Byzantine Revival architecture
training at
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts

Michael Kmit on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.cbusartcollection.com.au
  2. http://www.cbusartcollection.com.au/works/?id=131