STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE VASYLKIV MAJOLICA FACTORY DURING THE 1920S – 2020S

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to reveal the main stages of the formation, development and life of the Vasylkiv artel «Ceramic» in the late 1920s – early 1930s, the Vasylkiv Majolica Plant in the mid-1930s – 2000s, and private enterprises formed on the basis of the Vasylkiv Majolica Plant in the mid-2000s – 2020s. The main idea of the study focuses on the technological features of the enterprise's equipment, which allowed the production of a unique range of majolica products, and the creative achievements of the masters of the artistic part of the artel, the plant and its successors during the specified period of time. The research toolkit is based on the knowledge of scientific principles, approaches and methods. In particular, it is based on the principles of scientific reliability and comprehensiveness, production, design and art-historical approaches; ontological, axiological, hermeneutic, historical-genetic, historical-chronological, comparative, socio-cultural, cultural-creative, typological methods. Among the important tasks of the study, the need to outline the essence of the industrial foundations of the development of majolica production in Vasylkiv over the past hundred years is highlighted, the analysis of the product range of the enterprise of the period of the «Keramik» artel, the Vasylkiv majolica plant, individual private firms at the former production facilities of the specified institution; disclosure of the specifics of the work of leading masters in the field of production of dishes, vases, souvenirs, accessories and sculptures of the specified enterprise, among whom are true masters of domestic ceramic art. Information is provided on the author's achievements of individual specialists in the field of majolica production, taking into account the key formative features of the development of the enterprise under the subordination of Farforfayanstrest, Ukrkhudozhprom, whose artistic councils influenced the nature of the works of decorative and applied arts and design of the specified production in the 1930s – 2020s. The most significant, iconic works of famous authors of the mentioned enterprise of the industry are characterized. The specific features of the characteristics of the works of individual artists of the Vasylkiv artel «Ceramic» of the late 1920s – early 1930s, the Vasylkiv majolica plant of the mid-1930s – 2000s are revealed, and private enterprises that were formed on the basis of the Vasylkiv Majolica Plant in the mid-2000s – 2020s, in which the handwriting of a master with knowledge of the technological principles of majolica is recognizable.