Secession Archives - Forgotten Galicia

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lviv: Architecture, Art, Innovation

Areta — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:21:09 +0000

From Lokalna Istoriya – written by Tetiana Kazantseva with photographs by Yuliya Korytska-Holub, original in Ukrainian Today Shevchenko Avenue in Lviv is very impressive with its luxurious residential and public buildings and cobblestone road along which runs a green promenade. Back in the eighteenth century, this is where the Poltva […]

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Combating Dust 100 Years Ago: Traces of Lviv’s Antique Central Vacuum Cleaners

Areta — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 13:24:43 +0000

A rather unique and rare remnant of the past found in Lviv is the antique central vacuum inlet — one small part of a central vacuum cleaner system that was installed in buildings still before WWI. Central Vacuum Cleaners A central vacuum cleaner works by sucking dirt particles through tubes […]

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Traces of Zakopane Style Architecture in Lviv

Areta — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:26:45 +0000

At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Art Nouveau spread across Europe and the United States. In the Austrian Empire the new art movement was called the Secession Style. The transition from historicism to modernism—which took place during this period as part of the struggle against academic art—chronologically […]

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The Hutsul Secession in Lviv: Combining Folk Architecture with Art Nouveau

Areta — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 07:53:35 +0000

At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a new original art movement spread across Europe and the United States. It received various names: Tiffany (from the name L. C. Tiffany) in the United States; Art Nouveau and “fin de siècle” (literally “the end of the century”) in France; […]

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Olena Kulchytska: Combining Galician Secession and Ukrainian Folk Art

Areta — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:57:17 +0000

Olena Kulchytska was a Galician Modernist, legendary Lvivian, famous artist, and skilled teacher. She is my favorite Ukrainian artist; in particular, I like how she combines Secession and Ukrainian folk art. Furthermore, she lived about 5 minutes away from where I live in Lviv, and in the interwar period in […]

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