Petro Kholodny
Petro Kholodny’s famous work A Tale of a Girl and a Peacock organically combines the mysterious symbolism of the subject (the peacock being the embodiment of the eternal dream of beauty) with the poetry of Ukrainian folklore and national painting traditions. The decorative flatness of painting, accentuated fine line drawing, and use of tempera and panel are reminiscent of old icon paintings.
Kholodny's style is usually described as a mature Impressionism of a Ukrainian variety that is deeply lyrical; it was free of schematism or archaism. The artist also worked in graphic art and eventually developed his own style of drawing. Attracted by ancient Galician icons in 1914, he became fascinated with the tempera technique and used it frequently.
P.S. If you like this painting, you will definitely love the art of Viktor Zaretsky, often called the "Ukrainian Gustav Klimt!"