Hladyr Y. Theme of artist and art in poetry of the figures of sixties (Lina Kostenko, Ivan Drach, Mykola Vingranovsky).

In paper was argued the expediency of exposing the specific of theme of artist and art in the poetry of Lina Kostenko, Ivan Drach and Mykola Vingranovsky through the prism of theoretical concepts “self-reflection” and “portrait creation”. The attempt was made to prove the sign of artistic range of problems for the artistic world of each of authors and importance of its understanding in the context of forming of general conception of generation of 60th. Considerable attention was paid to the lineation of the phenomenon of figures of 60th on a background of historical development of art that opened the ways to the formulation of its role and value in its epoch and in relation to next decades. The comprehension of reflections of poets above internal existence in co-operation with external reality allowed building of a clear presentation about them as spiritually rich personalities, a central place in the world view of which is occupied by characters of nature, creative work and word. Application by authors the means of portrait creation of other artists is predetermined by their longing for the authentic art, by the necessity of cognition and aim of proving of creative potential of Ukrainian nation.