Liudmyla Tverska

Biography

Lyudmila Vladimirovna Tverskaya was born on February 28, 1940 in Rostov-on-Don. In 1963 she graduated from the Ilya Repin Leningrad Art Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

Ukrainian art critic, specialized in the theory and artistic practice of contemporary art. She has been a member of the Union of Soviet Artists of Ukraine (now the National Union of Artists of Ukraine) since 1977. Until 2012, she served as the deputy director of the Dnipro Art Museum for research. Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine (2004).

She is the author of scientific articles on the history of Ukrainian decorative and applied arts, including an article about Yevheniia Evenbach in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. She died on January 20, 2020 in Dnipro.

Contribution to Petrykivka Painting Research

Liudmyla Tverska is one of the leading researchers of Petrykivka painting of the late XX - early XXI century, an expert in its history, stylistics, and attribution. In her publications, she has examined the contemporary evolution of Petrykivka, including the transition from naive folk painting to refined professional craftsmanship-and the challenges of losing authentic simplicity.

The compiler of the catalog “Petrykivka Decorative Painting. Catalog of the Private Collection of Natalia Tihipko” (Kyiv: ADEF-Ukraine, 2012. - 283 p.).

She paid special attention to the problem of fakes and commercialization of Petrykivka, the distinction between authentic painting and mass imitation, a topic that is especially relevant in the context of the recognition of Petrykivka painting by UNESCO (2013). Her expert position on the preservation of the authenticity of Petrykivka remains a guideline for the current generation of researchers and craftsmen.