Today Anatol Petrytskyi is 130 years old!

On 12 February 1895, Anatol Petrytskyi was born - an innovative, avant-garde artist, one of the founders of Ukrainian scenography. Open to artistic and technical innovations, the artist developed his own unique artistic style and made a real revolution in the organisation of stage space and the design of theatrical costumes. Almost every international or Ukrainian exhibition dedicated to the Ukrainian avant-garde includes works by Anatol Petrytskyi.

During the project "Ukrainian Theatre Costume of the XX-XXI Centuries: Identity, Context, Landscape", which we implemented in 2024, we digitised Anatol Petrytskyi's works from the collection of the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema of Ukraine. In particular, two original dresses for the characters of Donna Sol and Donna Anna from Lesya Ukrainka's play The Fireplace Master at the First State Shevchenko Theatre (directed by Oleksandr Zagarov, 1921). They were also exhibited atthe exhibition of the project at the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema of Ukraine.

Donna Anna dress

Donna Sol costume

You can read about the life and work of Anatolii Petrytskyi on our website and view a catalogue with digitised works by the artist. They are also published in theprinted edition of the project at .

Ukrainian Theatre Costume of the XX-XXI Centuries: Identity, Context, Landscape is an international project implemented by the NGO Scenography Gallery in partnership with the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema Arts of Ukraine, the PLACE ID Territorial Marketing Development Fund (Poland), in cooperation with the Dzyga Art Centre (Lviv) and the Rozdroża Centre for Intercultural Creative Initiatives (Lublin), with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and the Ukrainian Institute.