SlAVIC ETHNOGRAPHIC MOTIFS IN PAINTINGS OF CYRIL KUTlIK

Abstract

Within the oeuvre of Cyril Kutlík it is not easy to select only ethnographic motifs (as he did not devote himself to the theme systematically, in terms of documenting of folk costumes and traditions as it was in Czech and Slovak fine art little bit later at the beginning of the 20th century). In Kutlík’s works the ethnographic motifs often mingle with themes of his historical paintings and portraits – no matter if contemporaries or historical personalities. Therefore we offer a more complex view of the theme. Due to creating a system we will divide ethnographic motifs in his oeuvre into two groups: Czech and Slovak ethnographic motifs (from approximately 1885–1900) and the Balkan ones (solely after 1895); and one more additional Slavic motif will be mentioned – an image of Ukrainian leader Mazepa (1892).