Роль жінок у розвитку промислу та мистецтва 1920–1930-х рр.: кооператив «Українське Народне Мистецтво» у Львові
The role of women in the development of arts and crafts in the 1920s–1930s: the “Ukrainian Folk Art” cooperative in Lviv

Author(s): Olena Kozakewycz
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Ukrainian industry; “Ukrainian Folk Art” cooperative; women; folk art; crafts; tradition
Summary/Abstract: The cooperative “Ukrainskie Narodne Mystectvo” (“Ukrainian Folk Art”) was founded in 1922 in Lviv by prominent women from various fields of public life, culture and the arts. Its purpose was the development and promotion of folk art and crafts in Galicia and abroad. During the company’s activity (1922–1939), a number of exhibitions were organized; the "Nowa Khata" ("The New Home") magazine was published, featuring local and foreign news (about outstanding women of the world and Soviet Ukraine, about fashion, literature, theater, Ukrainian art, culinary recipes and others); domestic and “contemporary” industry production workshops were organized with the use of folk motifs at a high artistic level; handicraft courses were conducted, and folk and other patterns were published. The cooperative involved women in culture and art, encouraged individual development and promoted works of Ukrainian folk art and crafts. The activity of UNM is one of the examples of successful activity of women in the 1920s and 1930s. and at the beginning of the 21st century inspires Ukrainian women to take an active part in the development of arts and crafts.

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