Екслібрис у творчості Богдана Хаварівського (1990-ті рр.).

Abstract

The aim of the study is to analyze the bookplate as a component of Bohdan Khavarivskyi’s cultural and artistic heritage in the 1990s. Th e research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, objectivity, scientifi city, and systematicity. Th e methods used are generalization, quantitative, historical and comparative, chronological, retrospective, and local history. Th e scientifi c novelty is based on the fact that the author is the fi rst in Ukrainian historiography to comprehensively analyze the problem under study, to fi nd out its impact on the crea tive work of famous Ukrainian artists in the fi eld of bookplate. Conclusions. B. Khavarivskyi was not only personally actively involved in cultural and artistic aff airs, but also tried to popu- larize the creative work of famous artists of Ternopil region in the fi eld of bookplates, which was important for libraries and museums. Th e bookplates preserved in the private collection of B. Khavarivskyi’s are individual bookplates associated with the libraries of certain individuals. Th e artist sought to familiarize a wide audience with the art of bookplates, to show works of diff erent content, form, and technique. He actively involved students who were members of the literary and artistic club «Silver Octaves» in the creation of the bookplate. In the early 1990s, not only the subject matter of the bookplate changed dramatically, but also its plotting: histori- cal motifs, everyday scenes, portraits of writers, artists, and actors. B. Khavarivskyi was directly involved in the exposition of bookplates «Let’s Give Ukraine Back to Our Children», which was to feature bookplates by more than twenty professional artists of Ukraine. He initiated the celeb- ration of the 125th anniversary of the birth of B. Lepkyi, a writer and public fi gure, and prepared the All-Ukrainian exhibition «Cranes Return Home» (the life and work of B. Lepkyi in the book- plate), which invited artists from Ukraine and the diaspora. Th e collection of book miniatures «Shevchenkiana in the bookplates of Ukrainian artists», presented by twelve authors, had a rather positive response among artists. Th e artistic events initiated by B. Khavarivsky contri- buted to the popularization of the original national culture, attracting small graphic artists to popularize their creative potential.