THE LIGHT PAINTING OF THE COMPOSER NESTOR NYZHANKIVSKYI

Abstract

There are considered the photographs of the founder of Ukrainian music, teacher, accompanist, public and cultural figure of the early twentieth century Nestor Nyzhankivskyi as a separate part of the artist's journalistic heritage. His activity in the Ukrainian Photographic Society as a participant of art events in Lviv and abroad has been covered. The activities on the pages of magazines «Svitlo y Tin (Light and Shadow)», «Nazustrich (Towards)» have been described. The list of photos of N. Nyzhankivskyi's works, which were published in Lviv magazines, has been given. The thematic spectrum of light painting of the Ukrainian composer, which has a bright national character, has been analyzed. It has been established that his works have cognitive and educational potential, which is due to the aesthetic nature. The leading genres of photojournalism by N. Nyzhankivskyi have been identified, namely informational and artistic-journalistic. Author's articles devoted to the problems of the development of photography in the early twentieth century have been considered.