Exhibition activity artistic group "Spokij" in Warsaw (1920-1930s) Cover Image

Виставкова діяльність мистецького гуртка "Спокій" у Варшаві (1920–1930-ті роки)
Exhibition activity artistic group "Spokij" in Warsaw (1920-1930s)

Author(s): Olga Denуsiuk
Subject(s): Cultural history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Sociology of Art
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: Ukrainian arts group "Spokij"; Warsaw; Ukrainian emigration; exhibition activity; Petro Megyk;

Summary/Abstract: In the article highlighted the Ukrainian art exhibitions group "Spokij" in Warsaw in 20-30 years of the twentieth century. Based on a comprehensive study collected data on a circle, an attempt to get the whole picture of the functioning of the creative union of Ukrainian and reveals the history of the group, analyzes the work of some of its members. Due preserved Сatalogues, publications in the then Ukrainian media failed to reproduce chronologically exhibitions circle "Spokij", set the maximum names of its members during the whole period of existence. It is proved that in 20-30 years of the twentieth century, Warsaw was almost the greatest focus of the Ukrainian community in the lands of Poland, a major component of which was th egroup "Spokij". Guys contribution to the development of Ukrainian art of the period undeniable, because the complex conditions of contemporary existence, they popularized Ukrainian art, were the focus, which concentrates the young Ukrainian artists in exile. It also disclosed an active creative activity and artistic aspirations members of the group, famous painters and graphic – N. Hasevych, P. Mehyk, P. Andrusiv, V. Vaskivskiy, A. Shatkivskiy, V. Gavrilyuk, P. Holodniy (Jr.) and other. Overall, by the end of 1930, according to various sources, as part of the group were more than 30 professional artists. Mostly they were students or graduates of the Warsaw Academy of Arts.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 278-288
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Ukrainian