Lydia Tremmery was born on 27 February 1946 in the city of Ghent, Belgium.

At 1963-1964 she studied in the Ghent Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1965 the Tremmery's family moved to Kyiv, Ukraine for reunion with her mother’s relatives.

At 1966-1973 Lydia Tremmery studied in the Kyiv Institute of Fine Arts, department of graphic arts.

From 1973 - she began of her artistic career: she is participating in all- republican exhibitions. Lydia worked as an illustrator, creating unforgettable illustrations to books for children.

In 1980 Lydia became a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine.

A group exhibition in 1985 in a hall of the Union of Artists of Ukraine became the last in her career, because of the ban on showing her paintings.

In 1986, a month after the Chornobyl catastrophe Lydia was diagnosed with cancer. From that moment on, her life turned into a race against time, for the possibility to draw on and on.

1989 - a journey to Belgium. Lydia Tremmery exhibits her prints in Ghent galleries. All her works are sold out before her departure, galleries offer her permanent collaboration.

On 24 April in 1992 the newspaper «Het Volk» (Ghent) published an article by Jimmy Martens about an artist, Belgian by birth who has been living in Ukraine for 27 years and creates wonderful pictures.

During her short life, she inspiredly realized her talent. At the time of Soviet "socialist realism" she was one of the few in Ukraine to demonstrate true creative freedom, devoid of partisan dogma. She showed how to create a new form and used various visual means to convey the content of works. Lydia Tremmery’s courageous life and creative position was highly appreciated by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Ukraine.

In 1992 the Embassy of Belgium awarded Lydia Tremmery the status the Honored citizen of Belgium.

In the summer of 1995 she visits Belgium for the last time, to meet relatives and say goodbye to her Motherland. After the return, her condition sharply deteriorated.

In 14 July, 1996, on the 50th year of her life, Lydia Tremmery passed away and buried in the «Vita-Poshtova» cemetery, Kyiv.

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