The name of Maria Pryimachenko (1908-1997) became known to the world in the mid-1930s. At the World Exhibition in Paris, the Ukrainian artist was awarded the gold medal for surprising the whole artistic world with her paintings. Among those who got to know her art work were Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Louis Aragon. When Picasso saw her paintings, he immediately admitted that, if Pryimachenko lived in France, she would be more famous than him. Text Source.
(Muirigil’s Dream posted another selection of Pryimachenko’s work back in November 2012)