Institutional aspects of the development of Ukrainian culture in Galicia (the end of the ХІХ– the beginning of the ХХ century)

Abstract

The article covers complex and diverse cultural and artistic processes in Galicia in the second half of the twentieth and early twentieth centuries, in particular in L’viv, where the first Ukrainian artistic societies appeared, arranged exhibitions, began to publish literary and artistic magazines in the Ukrainian language, and traced active activities Scientific Society named after Shevchenko. It is substantiated that the Ukrainian culture of the end of the XIX – beginning of the XX century was a form of social life in which national traditions and European innovations simultaneously manifested. It is proved that the literary-centrism of the Ukrainian modernity, being in the core of Ukrainian culture, did not contradict the development of other spheres and types of culture, the formation and perception of aesthetic values in the style of the new stage of the Ukrainian national revival. It has been established that the practical development of the Ukrainian national cultural institutions in Eastern Galicia began with the participation of the Eastern Ukrainian intelligentsia. Before World War I, a number of artistic associations were created in L’viv, in which a group was formed that was capable of creating professionally, a community of critics and publicists in the cultural sphere.

Keywords: cultural and artistic processes, Ukrainian societies, art exhibitions, L’viv.