TRAINING OF DECORATIVE AND APPLIED ARTS SPECIALISTS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF UKRAINE: HISTORICAL ASPECT

The paper examines the historical aspects of the development specialists in decorative and applied arts training in Ukraine on the example of porcelain production (late 18th century - today) and its current state abroad. In line with the issue of introduction of this direction of decorative and applied art in our country, examples of its flourishing in the cities of Koret (production of baroque Meissen porcelain), Baranivka, Hrodnytsia, Dovbysh (Iliinskyi Manufactory, Markhlov Factory, Dovbysh Porcelain Factory, Polonsky Porcelain Factory); Poltava, Boryslav, Sumy, Ternopil (opening of porcelain factories in 1965) are characterized. It has been found that along with the foundation and development of porcelain industries there were professional schools focused on training skilled craftsmen to work in the factory, in particular schools in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv; Myrhorod Art and Industrial School in Poltava region, etc.). Training of specialists in pottery and porcelain, teachers of graphic arts and painting, masters of artistic decoration of products, etc., who were ready to perform significant amounts of physical work, namely making tiles, bulk utensils, decorating the facades of churches, houses, fireplaces, sculptures, ornaments, and exterior, is analyzed. Activities of famous artists such as S. Maslenikov, O. Slastion, V. Krychevsky are described; characteristics of outstanding works and participation in exhibitions are revealed. It is determined that the best traditions of training specialists are preserved in modern Ukraine. But porcelain production has declined and is virtually absent; products made in small businesses are souvenirs, they can not always be conveniently used as utensils. A conclusion has been made on the need to use European manufacturers who have maintained mass porcelain production and train a significant number of skilled workers.