Michael Kmit, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ukrainian Australian artist who won the Blake Prize, and the Sulman Prizes
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Place of Birth: Stryi, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
About Michael Kmit
- Michael Kmit (Ukrainian: ??????? ????) (25 July 1910 in Stryi, Lviv – 22 May 1981 in 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".
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See Also
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