Zakarpattia school of painting: the main stages of its formation

Abstract

Purpose of the article. The purpose of the article is to define the main stages of the formation and development of the Zakarpattia School of painting, basing on the goals and social-historical factors. Methodology. In the article, the author uses historical-cultural, art and biographical approaches, which allow to analyse the fundamental creative principles of the well-known Zakarpattia artists and their role in the formation of the special Zakarpattia trend as well as to find out their impact on the development of the Ukrainian Fine Art traditions, with account of the modern tendencies. Such interdisciplinary methodology gives an opportunity to distinguish the main chronological and value-sense constants of the development of Zakarpattya School of painting. Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty consists in conceptualization of the ideas about the main value-sense factors and the stages of Zakarpattia painting school formation. It enriches our knowledge and shows the actuality of this school achievement for modern art in the context of growing interest to classical painting. Conclusions. Zakarpattia School of painting is a separated branch (trend) of Ukrainian classical painting, comparable with the most well known world art trends. The formation of Zakarpattia school of painting was complicated, because of the controversial cultural-historical and ideological- political realities.