Arta decorativă din RSS Moldovenească. Anii 1951-1960. Repere arhivistice

Based on extensive archival documentary material, the present article introduces new and unknown, so far, data on the processes of formation and development of the professional decorative and applied arts in the Moldavian SSR during the sixth decade of the twentieth century into scientific circulation. The article highlights the contribution made by the artists Serghei Ciokolov, Iachim Postolachi, Valentina Neceaev, Pavel Bespoiasnâi, Tatiana Canaş, Valentina Tufescu-Poleacov, Grigori Filatov and Vladimir Novic to the consolidation of Decorative and Applied Arts Division of the Union of Artists of Moldova, to determining the strategy of its development, and the delineation of genres and stylistic trends of creativity in the given period. Aspects of the relationship between professional artists and the industry producing artistic goods are also elucidated. The challenges faced by artists in the creative process are examined