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UDK 75.051.3:7(091)

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/

OLEH SYDOR: A RESEARCHER OF THE PAINTER LUKA DOLYNSKYY’S (1745? —1824) ARTWORKS

LEVYTSKA Mariana

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0977-4470
  • Dr. hab. in History, PhD in Art History
  • Senior Research Associate of the Art Studies Department
  • The Ethnology Institute NAS of Ukraine (L’viv),
  • 15, Svobody Avenue, 79000, Lviv, Ukraine;
  • Professor of the Graphic and Art of Book Department,
  • L’viv Polytechnic National University
  • Contacts: e-mail: m.levytska@gmail.com

Abstract. Introduction. The article deals with the publications of Ukrainian art historian, museum curator, and researcher of Ukrainian religious art of the 17th—18th and 20th centuries, Oleg Sydor. The celebration of the 80th anniversary of the scholar’s birth became the suitable opportunity to rethink his contribution and outline the role of his publications for further art historical research.

Problem statement. In the spotlight of the article is O. Sydor’s publications on the art heritage of Ukrainian artist Luka Dolynsky, who was active at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The subject of the study is Oleg Sydor’s professional trail, wich determined the context of his scientific activity in relation to this area of his interest. Purpose of the article is to reconstruct the chronology of Oleh Sydor’s publications on Dolynsky, both specifically his artworks and the wider context of religious art. The aim of this publication is to reveal how the researcher put forward and developed certain scientific theses, confirming them with analytical processing of visual material.

The source base of the study was Oleg Sydor’s scientific publications, as well as publications by his colleagues and researchers of the next generation. The article is supplemented with some personal observations and remarks by the author related to the period of joint work with Oleg Sydor at the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine during 2009—2019 and is a tribute to the scientist. Methods. The study applies bio-bibliographical approach along with the art historical analyses and comparative review of conceptual publications on the topic.

Results. Oleh Sydor studied Luka Dolynsky’s art heritage against a broad contextual background, using his deep knowledge of religious art of the 17th—18th centuries.

Conclusions. The article concludes that Oleh Sydor’s publications on Luka Dolynskyy provided not only reconsidered statements about the style and individual manner of the artists, but also developed the basis for the further research of Ukrainian religious art of the late 18th century.

Keywords: art historian, Oleg Sydor, religious art, Luka Dolinsky, stylistic transformations.

Received 25.11.2025

REFERENCES

  • Oleg Sydor. Bibliographic index. (2001) Lviv: Spilka Khudozhnykiv “Club Ukrainskych myttsiv” [in Ukrainian].
  • Levytska, M. (2014). The Gospel Story “Christ Expels the Merchants from the Temple” in the Art of Western European and Ukrainian Baroque: Iconographic Parallels. The Ethnology Notebooks. 6, pp. 1223—1230 [in Ukrainian].
  • Sventitsitska, V., Sydor, O. (1990). Heritage of the Ages. Ukrainian Painting of the 14th—17th Centuries in the Museum Collections of Lviv. Lviv: Kamenyar [in Ukrainian].
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  • Levytska, M. (2021). Cultural and Artisitic Activity of Luka Dolynskyy in the Context of Church-Religious Processes from the end of the 18th — early 19th century. Thesis for a Doctoral Degree in History. Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the NAS of Ukraine, The Ethnology Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Lviv [in Ukrainian].
  • Dolynskyy Luka. In: Artists of Ukraine. (Encyclopedia, ed. A. Kudrytskyy). Kyiv: Ukrainska entsyklopediia, 1992, s. 221 [in Ukrainian].
  • Sydor, O. (1991). The Evolution of the Ukrainian Baroque Iconostasis. Mystetski studii-1. Lviv, pp. 28—34 [in Ukrainian].
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