At that time Ukraine was called the East European Italy. Artists from Russia and European countries visited Ukraine to enrich themselves
with new themes and images. One of such artists was Vasyl
schterberg, a friend or Shevchenko, a master of lyrical landscape
The Odesa art school and the Kyiv drawing school played an
important role at the beginning of the 20th century. Outstanding
artists such as Mykola Murashko and Mykola Pymonenko were
prominent representatives of that time. Some artists of Ukrainian
origin who taught in Kyiv school were Mikhail Vrubel, Vasili Vasnitsov
and lia Repin