Ukrainian painting of the first third of the 20th century in scientific discourse: National aspect

Abstract

The article explores scientific works in which the concept of “national” was studied through the prism of the creative intentions of Ukrainian painters. Based on the analysis of literary sources, it is shown that the formation of the national context of Ukrainian painting in the first third of the 20th century is determined by a number of factors — historical and cultural features of the time, values and artist’s worldview. The actualization of scientific discourse of national art contributed to the in-depth study of the development and functioning of Ukrainian painting of the specified period, creative visions of artists. The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, the cultural-historical method is applied to clarify the prerequisites, cause-and-effect relationships, reconstruction of the development of Ukrainian painting in a diachronic and synchronous dimension, hermeneutics — to substantiate the progress of Ukrainian painting and its significance for culture. Understanding the vision of Ukrainian painting of the first third of the 20th century in the publications of scientists is based on a review of exhibitions, analysis of works, study of biographies and stages of artists’ creativity. It is argued that in the creative intentions of artists who professed realism or formed the foundations of Ukrainian modernism and avant-garde, the concept of «national» determined the development strategy of Ukrainian painting