Boychukism is a cultural and artistic phenomenon in the history of [[Ukrainian art]] of 1910-1930s, distinguished by its artistic monumental-synthetic style. [1]
The basis of Boychuk's concept of the development of new art was an appeal to the traditions of Byzantine and Italian monumental painting, as well as middle-age Rus' icon painting, as the primary source of the Ukrainian national form.
The name comes from the name of the founder of the movement: Mikhail Boychuk, a muralist and graphic artist.
At the end of 1925, the Association of Revolutionary Art of Ukraine (ARIU) was founded in Kyiv, uniting Boychukists. [2]
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