Opanas Slastion, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Opanas Slastion

Ukrainian painter, graphic artist and ethnographer

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1855

Place of Birth: Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 24-Sep-1933

Profession: teacher, architect, painter, ethnologist, graphic artist, ethnographer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Opanas Georgievych (Heorhiiovych) Slastion (Ukrainian: ?????? ??????????? ????????) (1855–1933) was a Ukrainian graphic artist, painter, and ethnographer. He was born in the Ukrainian port town of Berdyansk on the Berdyansk Gulf of the Sea of Azov.
He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, Russia (where he was also known as Afanasy Slastyon), researched the Cossack documents in the archives of the Imperial Russian ministry of defense, and later worked as a teacher at the Arts and Crafts School (later renamed the State Ceramics Vocational School) in Myrhorod, Ukraine.
A very gifted person, he perfected his talents in singing, bandura playing, ethnography, journalism, education, design, and architecture.
Opanas Slastion was a true Ukrainian encyclopaedist.