STUDIES OF COLORISTRICS IN THE CREATIVE WORK OF TETIANA YABLONSKA UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE TRANSCARPATHIAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING

Abstract

The scope of the study is a number of paintings by TetianaYablonska, drawn as a result of creative trips to Transcarpathia during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The paper aims to reveal the peculiarities of the painterly and plastic language of the artist’s canvases, created due to getting to know the outstanding artists of Transcarpathia, the distinctive folk culture and nature of the region. The research methodology is based on a combination of art history and historical and cultural methods, that helps to reveal the artistic peculiarities of the works and the historical background as a factor of relevant artistic changes. The results allow for identifying the corpus of paintings by TetianaYablonska in 1957−1961 for the first time, created under the influence of the Transcarpathian school of painting, which became a prerequisite for the establishment of the neo-folk style of the 1960s. Thepaper amounts to 12 pages with illustrations. Thescope of application of the results takes in artistic practices of today, history and theory of Ukrainian art, teaching activities for students of creative specialties in educational institutions of all levels of accreditation. Conclusions. The research has resulted into the prerequisites for the formation of the folklore period of TetianaYablonska’s work through trips to Western Ukraine. The influence of the Transcarpathian school of painting has been proven as a factor that inspired the artist to search for new means of artistic expression and interest in the original culture and life of rural men of the Carpathian region.Keywords: Ukrainian fine art, TetianaYablonska, Transcarpathian school of painting, coloristic palette, plasticity of the form.