The Phenomenon of Fedor Panchuk

Abstract

Ukrainian fine art today is developing dynamically and confidently in all its diverse authorial expressions. The proposed investigation revealed a picture of the artist’s life and is dedicated to the study of the creative path of Fedor Panchuk, the definition of his role and place in the socio-cultural space of the modern Podolsk region. His creative, cultural, public, publishing and pedagogical activities are analyzed. The purpose of the work is to characterize the phenomenon of the art critic, artist, writer, public figure F. Panchuk. The research methodology is based on the application of culturological and axiological approaches, which involve the development of the study in the context of a general philosophical understanding of art and determine the consideration of F. Panchuk’s painting in close connection with the wealth of Ukrainian modern fine art. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the features of the artist’s creative path are characterized: from primitivism to symbolism; from symbolism to avant-garde, which is based on both personal long-term experience and the tasks of fine art itself. Based on the biographical method, the role of F. Panchuk in the formation of the art of the Podillya region and art education in particular was clarified. In the process of research, the authors came to the conclusion that the phenomenon of F. Panchuk is an organic synthesis of professional artistic creativity, cultural and public work, writing and pedagogical activity. Talent and constant work on oneself in the comprehensiveness of the earthly attraction of his native land became factors of creative evolution and formed him as a person - a citizen - an artist. Acquaintance with the creative work of Fedor Panchuk gave grounds to assert that the source of energy of this unique person is human sincerity, unquenchable strength and love for his native Podillіa, Ukrainian folk art, and pedagogical activity.