Polish Artists of Modern and Their Influence on the Formation of Lviv Secession

Author

Kara-Vasylieva Tetiana 

a Doctor of Art Studies, a professor, an academician of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, a  head of the Fine and Decorative Arts Department of M. Rylskyi Institute of Art Studies, Folkloristics and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine).

ORCID ID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9074-4120

Polish Artists of Modern and Their Influence
on the Formation of Lviv Secession

Abstract

The article examines the work of Polish artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who lived in Lviv, actively participated in its artistic life, and contributed to the development of the Lviv Secession. Based on an analysis of the work of both Polish and Ukrainian artists, two distinct directions in this new artistic movement can be identified. The first was clearly oriented toward the stylistic features of art in Kraków, Munich, Vienna, and Western European modernism more broadly. Notable artists in this group include Teofil Terlecki, Kazimierz Sichulski, Jacek Malczewski, Marian Olszewski, Fryderyk Pautsch, Stanisław Dębicki, and Kajetan Stefanowicz. The second direction focused on themes rooted in ethnographic traditions and drew inspiration from Hutsul folk art, especially its ornamentation. It developed a national branch of Secession art, similar to the Zakopane style explored by Polish artists. Prominent figures in this cohort include Ivan Severyn, Olena Kulchytska, Oleksa Novakivskyi, Modest Sosenko, and Ivan Trush, among others.

Keywords

Modernism, Lviv Secession, artistic expressive means, stylistics.

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