Shtets V. Zoltan Sholtes’s creativity in a context of the development of the Transcarpathian fine art of the twentieth century.

Dissertation work is dedicated to the study of the life and artistic heritage of Z. Sholtes’s creative heritage, a scientific reconstruction of the integral image of the artist was carried out, his role and place in the history of Ukrainian fine art were determined. The factors influencing the formation of the creative personality of the artist were considered. The sources of his work in the context of the formation and development of the Transcarpathian school of painting are revealed, little known facts are revealed and the most important facts of his creative biography are outlined. Under the influence of the aesthetic program of Y. Bokshaj the following qualities and principles of Z. Sholtes' work were formed: The genre range of paintings of the artist has been specified and their art critic analysis has been made, as well as systematized works on the key parameters of structural-compositional, colorful, technical-plastic, stylistic and thematic-story solutions. The systematization of the creative work of Z. Sholtes allowed to reveal a fairly wide range of artistic genres in which the artist worked, in particular: portrait, still life, sacred themes, urban landscape, everyday genre. At the same time, the landscape genre represents the most important and artistic-value sphere of professional activity of Z. Sholtes.