Mykhailo Boychuk
Discover the visionary Ukrainian artist and pioneer of monumental mural painting whose artworks brought to life the essence of his homeland's cultural heritage
Mykhailo Boychuk by Mykhailo Boichuk and his followers. From left to right: M. Boychuk, Kirill Carnations, Ivan Padalka, Vasyl Sedliar, Oksana Pavlenko., 1934. CC: Artwork in collection: . Vyacheslav Dudin at Arthive.comCFC Big Ideas in association with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy
Mykhailo Boychuk is one of the most notable artists in the history of Ukrainian art. He is associated with murals - one of the biggest art phenomena comparable to the Kyivan Rus cultural heritage and Ukrainian Baroque.
Women near the apple tree (1920) by Tymofiy BoychukCFC Big Ideas in association with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy
The realm of the painter’s interests is influenced by his studies in the best institutions of Vienna, Kraków, Munich, and Paris. He realized that innovative Western European art movements don’t suit him and was looking in the direction of Byzantine, Pre-Renaissance, and folk art.
Mykhailo Boychuk by Boychuk. A Girl. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository source: WikiArtCFC Big Ideas in association with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy
In 1917 he became one of the founders of the Kyiv Academy of Arts. In a few years, he was the ideological leader of the Ukrainian Revolutionary Arts Association, shaping the organization’s core with the followers of his style. Later it took the name Boychukism.
Harvest (1910) by Mykhailo BoychukCFC Big Ideas in association with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy
Practicing the principles of collective art, Mykhailo Boychuk taught his students to look at others and work together. Boychukism was characterized by monumental forms which required collective work. This school of art provided Ukrainian culture with many talented artists.
Mykhailo Boychuk by "From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository source: http://histans.com/EHU/B/Bojchuk_M.jpgCFC Big Ideas in association with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy
A talented Ukrainian artist with a unique view and philosophy, Mykhaylo Boychuk, was killed by the Soviet regime in 1937. Tragically, almost all of his students were repressed as well. All of them became a part of the Executed Renaissance generation of Ukrainian artists.
Text: based on text by Kateryna Nosko
Original text from the album of the Prominent Ukrainians project, published jointly by Pictoric Illustrators Club, Pavlo Gudimov Ya Gallery Art Center, Artbook Publishing House and Ukraine Crisis Media Center.
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Artwork in collection: Vyacheslav Dudin at Arthive.com
