Iosif Bokshai Outstanding Soviet Ukrainian painter and teacher.

Iosif Bokshai, Self-portrait. 1940s
Biography of Iosif Bokshai
Born in 1891 in the village of Yasnaya Polyana, Rakhiv district, Transcarpathian region. His grandfather, father and brother were Greek Catholic priests. In the family, everyone was fond of art (music and painting).