Russian shelling in Mariupol destroyed the mosaics of the Ukrainian artist of the1960s, Alla Horska

Russian shelling in Mariupol destroyed the mosaics of the Ukrainian artist of the1960s, Alla Horska. Reported photographer Yevhen Nikiforov and journalist and photographer Ivan Stanislavsky.

Russian actions in Mariupol destroyed the works Tree of Life and Boryviter. The works were created between May 23 and June 12, 1967, in the interior of the restaurant "Ukraine" by a team of artists: Alla Horska, Viktor Zaretsky, Halyna Zubchenko, Borys Plaksii, Hryhoriy Pryshedko with the participation of V. Prakhnin and Nadiia Svitlychna.

Mosaics by Alla Horska. Photo: Instagram / art.mrpl

"Thematically timeless, aesthetically perfect, and devoid of any socialist realist concepts, these two works by Alla Horska's brigade were the pearls of the Mariupol collection of monumental art," wrote Stanislavsky.

But one mosaic still survived.

Alla Horska was a Ukrainian artist of the 1960s, monumentalist painter, one of the first representatives of the underground art movement, dissident, and human rights activist of the Sixtiers movement in Ukraine. Her cultural legacy includes mosaics, graphics, and paintings. Alla Gorska was killed by the KGB at the age of 41 on November 28, 1970.