Honcharuk O. Lviv sculptural portrait in the second half of the XX century: the composite models and image-plastic structure.

This thesis investigates the ways of the development of portrait genre of sculpture in Lviv artistic environment of the second half of XX century. Is proved that in this period portrait sculpture occupies a leading position among the varieties of easel plastics and determined its face in general. Lviv artists continued the local traditions and solved professional tasks that meet the requirements of the time. Gallery of created by them images became a document of the past and present. Despite the significant creative achievements in this field, Lviv portrait sculpture has not become an object of independent scientific research yet. The theoretical generalization of accumulated experience and creative practice of several generations of Lviv artists was not done. In current art criticism Lviv portrait sculpture is mostly considered fluently, only in the context of the overall picture of Ukrainian art. All this argues the relevance of the conducted research.