The following information about the painting was posted in a Facebook group about Slovak Culture…
“This year May 16 is World Vyshyvanka Day, an international holiday dedicated to preserving the Ukrainian embroidered shirt reflecting the spiritual heritage of the Ukrainian people.
The vyshyvanka is distinguished by its vivid and unique embroidery. Each region in the country has a local style with its own technique with unique patterns, colors and stitches.
Traditionally, the thread was dyed using natural elements such as bark, leaves, flowers and berries. The connection to nature is obvious in as plants, animals, fields and heavenly bodies represented with geometrical patterns of squares and circles.
The embroidery was thought to shield their owners from evil spirits and the vyshyvanka was used as a charm to protect the wearer. Even babies were given an embroidered shirt after birth to protect them from evil spirit.
Pictured here is “Portrait of Girl in Vyshyvanka” by Mykhailo Bryanksy (1830-1908). It was stolen from Kherson Art Museum in 2022.
Image source: Oksana Seminik, Ukrainian art historian and journalist”
The following information about the painting was posted in a Facebook group about Slovak Culture…
“This year May 16 is World Vyshyvanka Day, an international holiday dedicated to preserving the Ukrainian embroidered shirt reflecting the spiritual heritage of the Ukrainian people.
The vyshyvanka is distinguished by its vivid and unique embroidery. Each region in the country has a local style with its own technique with unique patterns, colors and stitches.
Traditionally, the thread was dyed using natural elements such as bark, leaves, flowers and berries. The connection to nature is obvious in as plants, animals, fields and heavenly bodies represented with geometrical patterns of squares and circles.
The embroidery was thought to shield their owners from evil spirits and the vyshyvanka was used as a charm to protect the wearer. Even babies were given an embroidered shirt after birth to protect them from evil spirit.
Pictured here is “Portrait of Girl in Vyshyvanka” by Mykhailo Bryanksy (1830-1908). It was stolen from Kherson Art Museum in 2022.
Image source: Oksana Seminik, Ukrainian art historian and journalist”