A CLASSIC OF RESHETYLIVKA CARPET WEAVING LEONID SAMIILOVYCH TOVSTUKHA: A COMBINATION OF NEW WAYS AND FOLK TRADITIONS

Abstract

The article examines the famous master of Ukrainian carpet weaving Leonid Tovstukha’s life and creative activity features; his contribution as a People’s Artist of Ukraine in the development of carpet weaving in Reshetylivka region and its popularization in Ukraine and abroad is analyzed. A wide range of opportunities to use the master’s achievements in the process of future labor education and technology teacher training are revealed. 
 It is noted that the artist most vividly demonstrated his talent in thematic works at the beginning of his creative activity. These are carpets with an organic combination of portrait images with traditional floral ornaments. During his life, L. Tovstukha created about one and a half hundred carpets, real masterpieces, and a number of mass works. It is proved that Leonid Tovstukha sought his new ways in carpet weaving but always followed the basics and folk traditions.
 The article examines Leonid Tovstukha’s career from the head of the carpet shop, an artist, a chief engineer, to the head of Klara Zetkin Art Products Factory. It is noted that along with creative and administrative work Leonid Tovstukha was active in public life. Leonid Tovstukhas’ creative work and life as the People’s Artist of Ukraine, winner of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize, longtime head of the Klara Zetkin Art Products Factory, Honorary Citizen of Reshetylivka is characterized by the importance of achievements and significant personal contribution to Ukraine’s development and contribution to the world. It is proved that Leonid Tovstukha, preserving the traditions, said a fundamentally new word in art, which is valuable in the process of professional teacher training.