Lviv vs. Berlin: charming villas of Impressionist painters

<p>Have you ever seen a painter&rsquo;s studio? Usually, we watch art in museums, isolated from where the artist created it. Today, I&rsquo;ll tell you about two Impressionists who lived on the edge of the 19&ndash;20th centuries 900 km away from each other &mdash; in Lviv, Ukraine, and Berlin, Germany. Since I know both cities pretty well, I couldn&rsquo;t overlook this surprising historical parallel.</p> <h1>Ivan Trush and his Art Nouveau villa near Sand Lakes</h1> <p><strong>Ivan Trush (1869&ndash;1941)</strong>&nbsp;was a Ukrainian painter, a master of landscape and portraiture, an art critic, and an active community patron of arts in Halychyna&nbsp;<em>(Galicia)</em>&nbsp;&mdash; a historical region in the west of Ukraine. He lived in turbulent times when Ukrainian culture fought for survival, trapped between the Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/5-a-m/berlin-villas-7ef908df27e3"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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