Vasyl Krychevskyi (1873-1952) is a forgotten name and, apart from art historians, few people remember that he is the author of the national emblem of Ukraine, the Trident, and the monument to Mykhailo Hrushevskyi; one of the founders and professor of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts; initiator of the Taras Shevchenko House Museum in Kyiv.He was the founder of the Ukrainian Art Nouveau style in national architecture; a film artist who worked with O. Dovzhenko; a stage designer, art historian, architect, graphic artist, and ethnographer.

Vasyl Krychevskyi made a tremendous contribution to Ukrainian culture, but, as happened many times, the Soviet authorities tried to erase his name from history.