Olеxandr Arkchypеnko and his contacts with thе ukrainian diaspora еnvironmеnt: historical and еthnographical aspеct

The little-known historical and ethnographic facts of Olexandr Arkchypenko's (Alexander Archipenko; 1887–1964) contacts with representatives of the Ukrainian community are revealed in the article. Arkchypenko is the famous sculptor, teacher, and art theorist of the 20th Century. The inventor of expe­rimental space indicated the way for sculptors of the 20th Century. The sculptor's philosophical line was designed into a polycultural anthropological dimension. The general experience of being is embodied in the sphere of the sculptor's search strategies. The artist's scope was the only basis from which new variants of the shape and content appeared. The ethnography of the sculptor's artistic work connected his native Kyiv with Paris and the distant American space. To find out the main issues of the research, we turn to the ethnology component. The epistolary funds of the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv, in particular three available Olexandr Arkchypenko's letters to Ilarion Sventsitsky and four Sventsitsky ones to Arkchypenko, were taken for the basis. The details of the sculptor's worldview formation from the early Kyivan till the Parisian periods and Arkchypenko's contacts with the Ukrainian diaspora in America were disclosed. The impact of Ukrainian historian Luka Myshuha (1887–1955) on the numerous emotional comments about the artistic phenomenon is revealed. The role of Luka Myshuha in the search for contacts with the Ukrainian diaspora in the process of the sculptor's works transfer to the funds of the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv was explored. The emphasis is on Arkchypenko's experiences, details from which are the materials of his students Iryna Bukoyemska and Ivanna Shmerykovska (Pryyma). The sculptor's circle of friends, particularly the family of Sumyk and Dr. Wolodymyr Wozniak, was considered. The support of the Ukrainian community outside the territory of the native land in the organization of the exhibition (Canada, 1962), namely the Ukrainian female association Alpha Omega Alumnae , was confirmed. The evidence of that was the sculptor's membership in the Ukrainian Community in Paris, the Associate Member of Independent Ukrainian Artists' (Lviv, 1937–1939), and the Honorary Member of the Ukrainian Artists' Association in the U.S.A. (New York, 1953). In the late period of emigration, Arkchypenko, as a symbolic figure of the world art movement, significantly influenced the direction of creativity of several artists of the Ukrainian diaspora. In future scientific research, it is worth analyzing the communication environment of the sculptor's father, Porfyry Arkchypenko, with the teaching staff of St. Volodymyr University and their influence on the formation of the figure of Olexandr Arkchypenko. Keywords : Olexandr Arkchypenko ( Alexander Archipenko), sculptor, art, 20th Century, Ukrainian diaspora, historical and ethnographic aspect, ethnology, Ukrainian community, America

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