THE CREATIVE FIGURE OF DARIA STAROSOLSKA (SHUHEVICH) IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NATIONAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF UKRAINIANS IN LVIV AT THE END OF THE 19TH AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURIES

Abstract

The article, based on information gathered from periodicals, reminiscences of contemporaries, materials about stage performances highlights the life and work of Daria Starosolska (Shukhevich) (1881–1941), a pianist, teacher of the M. Lysenko Music Institute in 1907–1940, founder and head of the Ukrainian Girls’ Club in Lviv, later the Ukrainian Womens’ Club, editor of the magazine “Meta” and its continuation “Nasha Meta”, contributor of essays and poetry to the magazine “Nova Khata” and the newspaper “Dilo”. The creative figure of Daria Starosolska (Shukhevich) is forgotten, and the creative heritage of the artist is still known too little due to various reasons. Studying all the artistic materials related to the depiction of the creative figure of hers, we can notice that the activity of Daria Starosolska was not researched intentionally and information about her remains scattered to a large extent. Therefore, the story of the life and work of Daria Starosolska is the main goal of the article. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the comprehensive coverage of the creativity of Daria Starosolska (Shuhevich) in the context of the national and cultural life of Ukrainians in Lviv at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The methodological basis of the work includes historically-cultural and phenomenological methods. The phenomenology of her personality and creativity, consisting of upbringing by parents, school, artistic influences, national identity, historical context, makes it possible to highlight the unique conditioning of the artist’s creative life.