Галина Стельмащук • Марія Гарасовська-Дачишин

131 at the class of Professor Frederic Pausch (1877-1950), who was the rector of the Krakow Academy at that time. It would not be easy to realize this wish. Professor Frederic Pausch didn’t accept women for studies in his class. Maria’s remarkable energy, great scholarship and outstanding talent convinced the professor to accept her, and in time she became one of his outstanding pupils. Studies at Frederic Pausch’s class cultivated a great love for landscapes. The class was filled with talented artists, namely Hryhoriy Kruk, Mykhaylo Kmit, Volodymyr Prodan, Serhiy Lytvynenko, Mykola Sahaydakivskiy, which had been often her partner in journeys to Warsaw exhibitions, they both liked Impressionists. Efficient and energetic, Maria did not limit herself to the studies at the Frederic Pausch studio. Maria completed her studies in 1938 with honours. In Krakow she was an active participant of the Ukrainian Art group “Zarevo”. This group was later joined by Ukrainian artists Hryhoriy Kruk, Natalya Milyan, Deoniziy Ivantsev, Nestor Kysilevskiy, Mykhaylo Kmit, Andriy Nakonechniy, Mykhaylo Zoriy, Dem’yan Hornyatkevych, Osyp Kasarab, Yaroslav Lukavetskiy, Volodymyr Prodan, Bohdan Stebelskiy, Yaroslav Krasnevych, Ostap Porayko, Petro Hryhoriychuk, Mykhaylo Chereshnyovskiy, Mykola Kmit. The ideological inspirer and the honourable chairman of this group was Maria’s good friend Bohdan Lepkiy, professor of the Jagiellonian University. Maria had friendly ties with Yaroslav Lukavetskiy, talented pupil of Oleksa Novakivskiy (born in the town of Snyatyn in 1908). Yaroslav entered the Krakow Academy in 1932, the same year as Maria. He was one of the first members of the art group “Zarevo”. He appreciated and respected Maria’s talent and personality. In 1935 he painted one of his best works: “Portrait of ArtistMariaHarasowska”.This painting represents an iconic image of her during her studies in Krakow and was published in Lukavetskiy’s biography book “Painting, Drawing and Scenography”. As a student and member of the Zarevo art group, Maria started to take an active part in art exhibitions. In 1935 at the exhibition “Retrospective Exhibition of Ukrainian Art for the last XX Years”, arranged in the city of Lviv, she presented her painting “Church In Verbizhya”. At the “6th Exhibition of the Association of Independent Ukrainian Artists” which took place in Lviv fromDecember 16, 1934