Olexander Kaniuka Ukranian-American (1910-2000) Etching: Kaniuka (1910-2000) was a Ukrainian artist intensely involved in resistance to the Soviet occupation and served two years in the early thirties in a Stalinist prison. In 1950 he emigrated to the U.S. Much of his work depicts scenes from the harsh times in the Ukraine, particularly the Holodomor in which Stalin used starvation to subdue the people. This piece depicts a Ukranian woman holding flowers. Kaniuka's works are a major part of the Ukrainian Museum in Detroit and are included in the collection of the University of Minnesota. This piece is numbered 8/20, from 1968 matted and measures 9.25" x 12".