Viktor Zaretsky was born in 1925 in the town of Bilopillia, Sumy region. He completed the Kyiv Art Institute in 1953 and
   worked in the area of decorative and monumental paintings. The artworks of the artist impress with its eccentricity of
   thinking and stylistic variety as well as with wideness of artistic interests: fine arts, graphics, monumental arts, essays,
   memoirs, etc.  His works include landscapes, portraits, genre paintings, monumental works which decorate the interiors  
   of museums and private collections both in Ukraine and abroad. Paintings by Zaretsky are sought after by international
   collectors. They were presented at the Christie's auction, London. The Ukrainian Academy of Art gives an annual Viktor
   Zaretsky Award to the best young artists of Ukraine.
   Viktor Zaretsky died in 1990 in Kyiv.

"Folk Art" (Narodne Mystetstvo) magazine was launched in 1997 by the National Union of Folk Art Masters of Ukraine. The magazine is in color and contains a large variety of information

and photographs about Ukrainian folk artists and folk art. The magazine covers the history of Ukrainian folk art over the past 200 years, and also features articles about private and publicly

held folk art collections. The magazine is published in Ukrainian with short summary in English. One can find articles about pottery, tapestries, reverse painting on glass, folk paintings on Ukrainian themes, folk icons, textiles, wood carving, porcelain, ceramics, graphics, pysanka (Easter eggs), folk toys, embroidery, coppery, sculpture, and many other aspects of the rich traditions of Ukrainian folk art.

The National Union of Folk Artists is a private, non-profit organization representing over 800 folk art masters from all over Ukraine and in several countries around the world. The organization

was founded in 1990 to serve Ukrainian folk artists and to promote Ukrainian folk art.

The National Union of Folk Artists has their headquater in Kyiv. The organization has a leadership network in every oblast, sponsors many exhibitions, training seminars, meeting of folk artists

and other events.

Yevhen Shevchenko is Chairman of the National Union of Folk artists and editor of the magazine.

The magazine is published twice a year and is available on a publication schedule.

As of March 2013, twenty seven issues of the magazine have been published.

2012-2008

Sets of magazines or individual back copies are available. Several of the early issues are sold out or in short supply
To order check FOR SALE GALLERY: http://www.artukraine.com/index.php?do=cat&category=sale

The cover pages for the issues prior to 2008 are below:

					No. 1-2, 2006            sold out
	No. 1-2, 2005           sold out
		No. 3-4, 1998          sold out