Ukrainian-Jewish Sources of Modern Art in the Context of the Kyiv Cultural League Art Section

Abstract

The aim of the research is to show the interconnection and unity of processes in the Ukrainian and Jewish art of the first third of the twentieth century, their organic coexistence within the framework of a common cultural field. Research methods. Methods of historical and art-study analysis are used. The scientific novelty. The complex processes of interaction between Ukrainian and Jewish avant-garde art, the formation of the conceptual foundations of modern Jewish art, the structure and the activity of the art section of the Cultural League, and the creative contributions of the leading artists of the Cultural League are analyzed. Conclusions. As a result of the research, it was found that the characteristic of the signs of the Ukrainian modern art development belonged to active searches in the domain of national stylistics. At the same time, the activities of the Jewish Cultural League became one of the phenomena of ethnic and artistic pluralism characteristic in Ukraine from the 1910s-1930s. It is clarified by literature analysis on the research topic, the ontological connection of the art studio of the Cultural League with the Kyiv artistic school, the specific tasks of the Jewish art and common features with the Ukrainian context of modernism are formulated. The stylistic features are set out on scientific research examples of the best masters of Jewish art, the range of art studio and its representatives is shown.