The Kyiv artistic life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Polish discourse

Abstract

The article focuses on the problem of the local isolation of art at the turn of the 19th-20th century and the role of Ukrainian-Polish creative contacts in establishing Ukrainian artistic discourse. The works of K. Pryzhikhovskyi, A. Kendzerskyi, P. Vasylchenko, K. Ivanytska, artists who are half-forgotten today, were discerned by the importance of experience exchange and the need to find new imagery. The aforementioned artists performed together with I. Rashevskyi, M. Pymonenko, and Ya. Stanislavskyi. The connection of the latter with Ukraine is studied in particular through his pedagogical activities. Also, the characteristic features of Polish plastic arts in Poland and outside the country (Kyiv, Odesa) are traced, as well as exhibitions and events that are crucial for our understanding of the ties between Poland and Ukraine. It is proved that because of the emergence of new artistic societies, museums, and the growing role of art schools, Kyiv has become the professional platform where new generations of Polish artists have asserted themselves. The article also traces the impact of Ukrainian and Polish culture on the emergence of new phenomena in European art of the late 19th — early 20th century.