The Oeuvre of the Russian sculptor-animalist Olexiy Tsvetkov at the Gorodnitskiy porcelain factory

Abstract

Purpose of Research. The history of Gorodnitskiy porcelain factory figurine (further - GPF) of 1950 s has been researched fragmentally. In general, it consists of some sculptor s names, determination of figurine s genre and theme s and description some of them. Many sculptures are still remaining without attribution, their author s names and biography data are unknown and still not entered into scientific circulation. The purpose of this materials is to fill gaps in the study of the GPF' figurine, and also - in the biography of one of the artists who worked on the factory at that time. The purposes of the article are to research the part of O. Tsvekov, a sculptor-animalist, heri­tage, that he created at the GPF and to systematise his works into the catalogue list. Methodology. The methodology of the research consists of history-logical, analytic, comparative methods, de­scription and systematisation. The mentioned methodological approach allows to re-create the cer­tain episode of sculptor s biography, to identify and to structure the part of assortment of the factory s porcelain figurine of the beginning of the 1950s. Scientific Novelty. The scientific novelty includes the attribution of anonymous GPFs works of animalistic genre, the bringing back the sculptor Oleksij Tsvekov s name to the history of Ukrainian porcelain, the specifying the time inter­val of the artist s working on the factory, the identification of his works among GPF s production, the making up the annotated catalogue of works, which he created during his work at the factory. Conclusions. In the article the artist s biography facts have been specified. The author is the first who traces the early creative stage of the GPF s artist and characterize it. The author is the first who analyses Tsvetkov’s porcelain works. The names and authorship of sculptures have been re­turned into the history of the GPF’s porcelain figurine. The author has returned the dating of a cer­tain number of products in animalistic genre, which was leading in that time factory's figurine assortment and characterized their art features.