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Chuhaister

Yaroslava Muzyka

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Basic information
ID
ФМз-Рз-252
Author
Yaroslava Muzyka
Name
Chuhaister
Date of creation
1964
Country
Ukraine
Culture
Eastern Europe
Technique
enamel
Material
copper enamel
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
14.2 x 9.5
Additionally
Type
decorative and applied arts
Genre
narrative art
Provenance
Yaroslava Muzyka Fund
Information about author
Author
Yaroslava Muzyka
Artist's lifetime
1894–1973
Biography
Yaroslava Muzyka (Stefanovych) was born in Zaliztsi in Ternopil region on January 10, 1894. She died on November 24, 1973, in Lviv. She was an artist of diverse preferences and talent. She turned to graphic art – linocuts, woodcuts, drypoint, monotyping; painting – oil, tempera, gouache, encaustic; mosaic and enamel, on glass, grattage on gold or silver foil, batik, embossing on leather, embossing on metal. She studied drawing and painting at the L. Podhorodecki Free Academy of Fine Arts in Lviv, and at the Academy André Lhote in Paris. In 1928 she trained as an art restorer at the I. Grabar Central State Restoration Workshop in Moscow. She also worked at the National Museum in the restoration workshop. Yaroslava Muzyka was one of the founders of the Association of Independent Ukrainian Artists (AIUA), a Ukrainian public art organization that operated in Lviv from 1931–1939. In 1937, the artist learned the difficult technique of burning enamel objects by attending Maria Dolnytska classes in Lviv. She also taught herself from French and German enamelling books. The artist worked in the technique of bulk (scenic, painted) and cloisonne enamel. The favourite subjects of her enamel works were: Hutsul demonology, pagan mythology, beliefs of ancient Slavs, the works of T.G. Shevchenko, images of animals, female portraits.
Object description
From the series "Hutsul folk beliefs". On a copper plate, in the centre of a green-ochre background, there is a huge frog with a human face. Big eyes, snub nose, a grin on the lips. Long black hair falls to the shoulders. In the upper right corner, behind the frog, a human figure can be seen.

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