Maria Posobchuk
Maria Markelivna Posobchuk (Ukrainian: Марія Маркелівна Пособчук; 20 January 1890 – 27 March 1992) was a Ukrainian weaver and a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Her work is considered part of the same canon of Soviet folk art as Maria Prymachenko.
Biography[edit]
Posobchuk was born on 20 January 1890 in the village of Obukhovychi, in the Kyiv oblast, to a peasant family.[1] Her daughter was the textile artist Hanna Veres (1928-2003),[2] and her grandchildren included the artists Valentina and Elena Veres.[3] All three were taught by Posobchuk and inherited her skills.[4]
Admitted as a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR in 1962, Posobchuk was a renowned textile artist.[5] Her works included tablecloths, bedspreads, napkins and towels, all in a style unique to the region she was from.[1][6] One of the patterns she was praised for her skill in was a chequerboard design.[7] She died on 27 March 1992, aged 102.[1] At the time of her death she was one of the oldest weavers in Ukraine.[8]
Legacy[edit]
Posobchuk's work was folk art perceived as having flourished under Soviet rule. Similar folk artists are Maria Prymachenko, Tatiana Pata and Ivan Honchar.[9] She was remembered as the founder of a familial dynasty of skilled Ukrainian women weavers.[10] She was featured in a film.[11]
In 2020, the 130th anniversary of her birth was celebrated with a series of events in the region.[12]
References[edit]
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- ^ Ревега, Н. М. "Музейні предмети із фондової колекції Національного історико-етнографічного заповідника «Переяслав» з села Обуховичі Іванківського району Київської області." Сіверщина в історії України (2017).
- ^ Наука і культура, Україна (in Ukrainian). Знання. 1979.
- ^ Mynule i suchasne Volyni ĭ Polissi͡a: materialy ... naukovoï istoryko-krai͡eznavchoï konferent͡siï (in Ukrainian). Volynsʹke obl. tov. krai͡eznavt͡siv, Volynsʹkyĭ krai͡eznavchyĭ muzeĭ. 2007.
- ^ "Известные люди Обухович - Село Обуховичи". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ^ Ukraïny, Spilka khudoz︠h︡nykiv (1972). Ukraïns'ki radi︠a︡ns'ki khudoz︠h︡nyky: Dovidnyk (in Ukrainian). Mystetstvo.
- ^ Вісник Львівської академії мистецтв (in Ukrainian). Академія.
- ^ Hoi︠a︡n, I︠A︡rema (1986). Васіль Касіян: спогади про худозгника (in Ukrainian). "Мистецтво.
- ^ Sobachko, Hanna Fedosiïvna (1965). Hanna Sobachko (in Ukrainian). Mystet︠s︡tvo.
- ^ Захарчук-Чугай, Р. В. (2007). Декоративно-прикладне мистецтво Україського Полісся: Чорнобильщина (in Ukrainian). Інститут народознавства НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-4574-7.
- ^ Новини кіноекрана (in Ukrainian). Радянська Україна. 1977.
- ^ "Марія Маркелівна Пособчук – майстриня художнього ткацтва | КОБЮ". kobu.kiev.ua. Retrieved 14 March 2022.