The Ethnology Notebooks. 2026. № 1 (187), 24—34
UDK 7.072.2(477)”19/20″(092)
The date the article was first submitted to the publication 29.11.2025
The date the article was accepted for publication after review 14.12.2025
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ART CRITIC. MUSEUM. OWNERAND GUARDIAN OF TREASURES. MY FATHER. To the 100th anniversary of the birth of Borys Voznytsky
RAZINKOVA Larysa
- ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9099-7962
- Associate Professor of the Department of Restoration of Works of Art;
- Artist-Restorer of Easel
- Oil Paintings of the First Category,
- Lviv National Academy of Arts,
- 38, Kubiyovycha St., 79011, Lviv, Ukraine,
- Contacts: e-mail: voznitska@gmail.com
Abstract. Boris Voznytskyi — art critic, artist, museum curator, restorer, worker, builder, owner and guardian of treasures — there is no direct definition, because it will necessarily flow from industry to industry, from one sphere to another. During his lifetime, writers were interested in his activities, films were made, poems were composed for him, awards were given, journalists took numerous interviews, and he seemed to stand aside from all of this and only invested his strength, intelligence, and duty, cherished every minute, and did not get distracted by everyday life. He purposefully followed his own path, was a «Guardian Angel, Master of Time», as they said about him. He was convinced that the most important link was the museum sphere, the sphere of monument protection. He acted by his own example, was always the first when a matter was started and the last when it was finished. Yosyp Slipyj said: «A people that has lost its past disappears from the face of the earth». Borys Voznytsky had to act against the system, always stood up for true art, was not afraid to take destroyed monuments, architectural complexes, save them, create museums in them.
The purpose of the article is to present memories of my father as the dearest person to me as a daughter and to show him as a great self-sacrificing savior of the cultural treasures of his land, highly appreciated by the President of Ukraine, who awarded him the highest award — the title of Hero of Ukraine. Covering issues of such a topic is an integral part of research into the folk culture of Ukrainians.
The relevance of the topic is due to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Borys Hryhorovych Voznytsky.
The methodological basis of the study is biographical and analytical methods, with a combination of historical reconstruction.
Keywords: Borys Voznytskyi, Lviv Art Gallery, museums, expeditions, castles, art treasures, destroyed monuments, architectural complexes, father, family roots, Volyn, Rivne region, Ukraine.
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