Oleksandr Pezhanskyi

Oleksandr Pezhanskyi was a Ukrainian architect and photographer, painter, and soldier of the Ukrainian Galician Army. He was the son of the architect Hryhorii Pezhanskyi.

He designed residential, public, and religious buildings in the Art Nouveau and Functionalist styles in Lviv and various settlements of Western Ukraine. He was a member of the Carpathian Vise Club, the Play Tourist and Local History Society, and the Union of Ukrainian Real Estate Owners in Lviv.

One of Oleksandr Pezhansky's hobbies was photography. An active member of the Ukrainian Photographic Society (UPS), Pezhansky was one of the first in Galicia to become interested in color photography. He took part in many UFT exhibitions in Lviv, and after the Soviet occupation, in UFT exhibitions in the United States.