The work of Mykhailo Boychuk (Lviv period) and the "Studio" collection of the monastery Studitiv in Lviv

Abstract

The activity of M. Boichuk in the period 1910–1912 was analyzed, when the artist executed monumental paintings and easel icon painting works for the monastery Studitiv in Lviv on the street Petra Skargy, 2a (now Ozarkevicha St.). At this time, the artist, together with M. Kasperovych, S. Nalepinska, S. Beaudoin de Courtenay, G. Schramm and others. representatives of his Parisian group, worked on the frescoes of the chapel in the premises of this monastery. The preserved works from the Studio collection include: "St. Nicholas" (1910), "St. Josaphat" (1910), "Jesus Christ" (1910s), "Covering of the Virgin" (1910) ("The Prophet Elijah" (1911), "The Last Supper" (1911) mosaic "St. John" (1910). The main religious painting became the type of artistic activity of M. Boichuk in 1910-1914. The artist revived the forgotten techniques of tempera and frescoes, became a recognized restorer in the territory of Ukraine. Attention is focused on works of icon painting that have survived to this day and belong to the exposition of the National Museum in Lviv named after Andrei Sheptytskyi. The object of the study is the icons and polychromy of Mykhailo Boychuk, made for the chapel of the monastery of of Studits (former Diakivs'ka Bursa). The subject of the study is the iconography of his works, in particular, the characteristics of the iconographic type of St. Yosaphat Kuntsevich.