Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur was a Ukrainian artist born in 1900 and died in 1961. She was born in Kiev. After a disappointing start in the 1930s and 1940s, her nature-themed works became known. She is named People's Artist of Ukraine and her image is engraved on Ukrainian coins. Kateryna Bilokur is an amazing artist. If things were different, she might be revered as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. But because she was born in poverty in a remote and unknown village in Ukraine and had no formal education, few people knew of her artwork. Despite this, she eventually became recognized as one of the greatest artists in Ukraine. Kateryna had a great desire to start painting, but she needed a lot of money to buy painting supplies, so she started using vegetable dyes found around her, such as: beetroot juice, berries, onions, viburnum, herbs and everything else. She was working all night. Her works show very beautiful, lively and colorful scenes decorated with flowers and fruits. Some of Kateryna's works made their way to Europe and were seen by Pablo Picasso, who marveled at her works and admired her.