Polina Raiko | |
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Born | Pelaheia Andriivna Raiko 5 May 1928 Oleshky, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 15 January 2004 | (aged 75)
Style | Naïve art |
Children | 2 |
Pelaheia Andriivna Raiko (née Soldatova; Ukrainian: Пелагея Андріївна Райко; 5 May 1928 - 15 January 2004), also spelled Rayko, was a Ukrainian naïve painter who started painting her property at the age of 69. Her home was a national cultural monument of Ukraine, until June 2023, when it was reportedly destroyed by flooding after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.