Oleksandr Tulchinsky – Unknown Collector from Kyiv

Abstract

The aim of the article is to investigate the life and collecting experience of Oleksandr Tulchinsky, a collector from Kyiv, whose work remains unknown nowadays; to define the artistic value of the works that belong to his collection; his role and significance in the history of Ukrainian collections of the XX century. The methodology of the research. In the course of the scientific research such methods as historical and art analysis were implemented. The scientific novelty. The name of the collector from Kyiv, Oleksandr Tulchinsky was introduced for the first time into the scientific field of knowledge. The article is based on the archive data of Ukrainian Archives Museum of Literature and Arts, which hasn’t been published before and is of great historical and art value. The collection of the philanthropist, the migration of his works, his collaboration with artists and their heirs, as well as the museum establishments have been analyzed. Conclusions. The role of the private collection of paintings of Ukrainian art in the course of history of art is difficult to overestimate. In his own collection activity Ukrainian collector has managed to combine the esthetic and social principles with an excellent taste. The highly-estimated masterpieces from his private collection were often a part of permanent collections in Ukrainian museums and enriched the national cultural heritage. Tulchinsky’s collection, like other prominent Ukrainian collectors works of that period conserved certain phenomena, names and pieces of art which are equally important for the history of art and artists in particular.