Taras Shevchenko - a literary artist and brush Taras Shevchenko - known in the world, primarily as an artist slova.Taras Shevchenko as an artist, occupies a prominent place in the Ukrainian art. He became the first artist who paved new realistic direction, and was the founder of critical realism in Ukrainian art. Taras was one of the most talented artists of the etching time and had a great time by all known means of graphic representation.