Yaroslav Omelyan — master of graphics and bookplates

Ternopil Television. The program “Through the Lens of TTB” from May 27, 2013 is dedicated to the exhibition of works by graphic artist Yaroslav Omelyan.

On the video: the opening of the exhibition by Yaroslav Omelyan, various publications with illustrations by the artist; Yaroslav Omelyan talks about his life and the inspiration that inspires him to create.

Comments: Honored Artist of Ukraine Yaroslav Omelyan; Head of the Ternopil Regional Branch of the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society Mykhailo Andreychyn; Local historian Yuriy Kovalkov; Director of the Ternopil Regional State Archive Yuriy Humen.

Reference: Yaroslav Omelyan — Ukrainian graphic artist, Honored Artist of Ukraine, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. He worked in the fields of easel and applied graphics, watercolors and posters, but is best known as the author of over 200 bookplates, which earned him a reputation as one of the leading Ukrainian masters of this genre. He survived the political repressions of 1950–1959, after which he formed himself as an artist in Ternopil, where his most important solo exhibitions took place.