Remembering of Oleksandr Fedorovych Pronin: the Stained Glass Art Laboratory of KSADA in 1980-2000

Abstract

The material covers the years of creative life of the famous Ukrainian artist-monumentalist, O. Pronin (1934-2002), associated with his leadership of the Department of Monumental Painting of the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts and the development of stained glass as a technique and a form of monumental and decorative art in education. The author focuses on the formation of a school of artistic stained glass in Kharkiv, the origins of which were professors Oleksandr Pronin and his wife Galyna Tishchenko. The article has some features of autobiography and is presented in the form of memoirs about the activities of the stained glass workshop of KSADA – Kharkiv Art and Industry Institute, and life around it as the author and the main character of the story – O. Pronin and his students. These are the times of formation of the laboratory, certain stages of gaining experience in the stained glass industry, analysis of works of art and the spread of stained glass art through the work of the head of the department and laboratory and his many followers. Documentary and illustrative material on the activities of the stained glass workshop, which was created by O. Pronin in 1967 and is still developing thanks to the efforts and activities of the author of the article, who is a direct student and follower of the master, mentions significant for Kharkiv and all of Ukraine monumental art projects, which as the author or leader was O. Pronin. The facts and memoirs presented by the author of the article have historical and scientific value, because the author took part in the creation of the stained glass laboratory of the KSADA as its head. Although the emphasis is on the 1980-2000s, the heyday of the laboratory, the author cites the modern works of students O. Pronin and his students, showing the continuity of the traditions of the Kharkiv school of stained glass.