Friendly cartoon on Mykhailo Golynskyi

The well-known Ukrainian opera tenor Mykhailo Golynskyi (1890–1973) is depicted in a ceremonial concert coat, with a flower in one hand and probably with notes in the other. In the figurative-formal interpretation of the powerful figure of the artist, a certain shade of stylistic universalism is present typical for the avant-garde phenomena of the interwar twentieth century. The image is created with the most simple and laconic means, which is manifested in the combination of underlined conditional cubic forms and in the laconic color. In the sketch-cartoon we trace the experience of staying of Sviatoslav Hordynsky in the innovative artistic environment of Paris, in particular, during his studies at the Modern Academy of Fernand Leger (1929-1931).
Maria Cymbalista 
Head of Prints and Drawings department
From the collection of Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv.