Yevhen Lysyk


Yevhen Mykytovych Lysyk was a Ukrainian theater artist. He was the husband of costume designer. The artist Hanna Lysyk is his son.

Biography

He was born on 21 September 1930 in Shnyriv into a peasant family. He lost his mother early, and the boy was raised by his father and grandfather. In 1937, he began his studies at the local elementary school. Together with his father, he attended the village theater, which was located in the People's House.
Lysyk studied at the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts. He was expelled from the institute in 1959 at the height of the anti-abstractionist campaign. He was reinstated a year later, but ideological pressure on the artist continued. In 1961, he completed his studies. From that same year, he worked at the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1967, he became a laureate of the O. Havryliuk Prize. In 1971, he was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize. In 1975, he received the title of. He designed about 100 stage sets.
He died on 4 May 1991, in Lviv. He is buried in Lychakiv Cemetery, field No. 67. In 2005, a monument by sculptor and architect was erected on his grave.

Honoring

Since 1992, students at Lviv Polytechnic have created a series of experimental projects for the "Lysyk House" – an exhibition space for preserving and displaying the artist's artistic heritage.
From 19 January to 9 March 2025, the Center of in Lviv hosted the exhibition project "Lysyk", dedicated to the Ukrainian artist-stage designer Yevhen Lysyk. This was the first large-scale exhibition to comprehensively present Lysyk's work as a theater artist. The center's team gathered a vast collection of the artist's output in one location: installations, models for performances, photographs, costume sketches, and scenographies.

Other books

  • Творчість Є. М. Лисика в часі, просторі, сценографії та архітектурі / В. І. Проскуряков, З. В. Климко, О. К. Зінченко. – Львів: Видавництво Львівської політехніки, 2016. – 136 с. – ISBN 978-966-941-008-5.
  • Денис Гугнин Діалог у просторі та часі. – Львів: Простір-М, 2023. 144 с., іл. ISBN 978-617-8055-82-0
  • Денис Гугнин Філософія функціонуючої культури в роботах Євгена Лисика. – Львів: Простір-М, 2024. 108 с., іл.
Category:1930 births
Category:1991 deaths
Category:20th-century Ukrainian painters
Category:Painters from Lviv
Category:Lviv National Academy of Arts alumni
Category:Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize
Category:Burials at Lychakiv Cemetery