Feodosiy Tetianych

Feodosiy Tetianych
Artist Feodosiy Tetianych 2005
Born	Feodosiy Tetyanich (1942-02-17)17 February 1942 village Kniazhychi, Kiev's region, Soviet Ukraine
Died	18 February 2007(2007-02-18) (aged 65) Kyiv, Ukraine
Known for	performance - Tetianych biography
Notable work	painting, installations, poems
Movement	contemporary art

Theodor Tetianych (uk.Федір Тетянич, ru. Федор Тетянич, Федор Татьянич) (17 February 1942, village Kniazhychi, Kyiv's region, Reichskommissariat Ukraine, German Reich - 18 February 2007, Kyiv, Ukraine), baptized and known first part of his life, childhood, youthfulness and maturity as Feоdosiy (Феодосій, Феодосий) i.e. Orthodox Slavic, Russian, Cossack, Ukrainian variant of name Theodosius, which makes it possible to venerate him as blessed Theodosius, Cossack and Artist by his followers of Orthodox Christian and Trinityland worldview) known also by his nickname Frypulia and also Theodor Frypulia, Theodor the Infinite, Fedir Frypulia the Cossack of Kyiv,Uncle Teddy or even our venerated Rabbi (Teacher, Professor) Theodor Frypulia(man)/Frypulmann (among that part of his followers who try to regard him as one of many heirs of rich Old European, Orthodox Jewish and Chassidic or Classical Universities Latin, Roman and German heritage of Old Kyiv of epochs of Polish Kingdom, Imperial Russia and USSR) is famous Kyiv and Ukrainian artist of contemporary, post-Soviet era, painter, performance artist and philosopher upbreaded in Schools of Kyiv Academy of his (late Soviet) epoch, patriot of Modern, Contemporary, Cossack Ukraine as distinct and independent nation and state and at the same time broad-minded humanist, social democrate and "citizen of the world", representative of Ukrainian underground, participant of the Ukrainian New Wave. Some of his art works are in the National Art Museum of Ukraine and private collectioins. Some people even regard him as one of the saints of Kyiv, Holy Rus (regarded as Trinityland) and Ukraine as its most old and important part, holy people, who are the core of Church, people close to God, Unperceivable Deity, Creator, Lord and Painter of Whole, Infinite Universe of specific, rare type. Among his spheres of interest as philosopher - art, history and development of civilization, ecology, globalization of Ukraine and philosophy of Infinity. Sometimes he is also regarded in connection with culture, literature, poetry, folklore, tourism, museum sphere etc.

Among derived concepts, based of his creative name Frypulia must be noted frypulism and cyberfrypulism i.e. lifestyle and way of thinking and doing connected with Frypulia, frypulization i.e. process of globalisation in connection with Frypulia and his philosophy, art and heritage, Frypulialand and Frypuliastan i.e. Modern, European and Eurasian, Cossack Ukraine as Country of Fedir Frypulia, Frypuliaburg and Frypuliabad as City (Citadel) of Fedir Frypulia etc.

Biography

"Man and infinity", object by Ukrainian artist F.Tetianych,1980

Theodor Tetianych was born 17 February 1942 in Kniazhychi, former territory of Russian Empire and Kyiv region of Ukrainian Republic of Soviet Union (Soviet Ukraine) annexed by German State.

His parents, Constantine and Tetiana were Ukrainian peasants of Orthodox Christian Ukrainian (i.e. Rusyn and Cossack at the same time) origin, who worked at a collective farm. One of marks of him as part of Orthodox Christian community and Western civilisation is his name, Theodosius, which he got in memory of famous bishop, Theodosius of Chernigiv, which in its turn helps to remember other people, praised by Church for centuries, among them Theodosius the Caveman and Theodosius the Great, Theodosius the Emperor.

He studied at village school than moved to Kyiv to study in Kyiv Academy, its Schools of Arts known as Kyiv Academy of Arts. After finishing the study in Academy he begin to work in the field of art at the same time providing further education for himself with the help of God (self-education). At that time he interested himself in the whole Universe around - religion, philosophy, art, history, culture, travelling, people, mathematics, physics, politics, communism and nationalism etc. etc. He made a lot of works of art in different styles and techniques among them social realism, historical paintings, modern art (avant-garde), etc.

Mystical things surrounded Uncle Teddy from his birth and childhood. Among them different signs of Almighty (which he later attributed to himself and called the signs of Frypulia). One of most impressful revelations of 1970ies according to his own words gave beginning to his famous name (acronym, pseudonym) FRYPULIA (Fedir+cRYstall+PULsar+IA) often associated with his interest in studies of Ukrainian and Cossack culture of that time and constant search for his own, unique place in it.

From the middle of 1980s he moved to streets of Kyiv and begin share his philosophy, experience, opinion and worldview with all people around, all who wanted to engage in dialogue with him. Many Kyiv citizens and guests were impressed by him, his worldview, his style of life and artistic activity, his preaching about the beauty and bounty of Infinity and its Creator, Artist of Universe, who dwells in His Beautiful Citadel on the banks of the ancient river (i.e. Dnipro).

The main theme of Feodosiy's performances was freedom (among misspellings and interpretations of his nickname there is "Freepulia"), and was one of the first performance artist in post-Soviet Ukraine.

Feodosiy had married Ganna from the Bublyk family and they gave birth to their children, Bohdan and Lada.

Feodosii Tetyanych died of cancer at a hospital in Kyiv on February 18, 2007, leaving his wife and two children.Buried in the Knyazhychi village.

Miracle work of artist Tetyanich is interesting for modern art, in investigations of art-critics in 2021.

Sources

• Film by O.Dirdovsky about Tetianych
• "Feodosiy Tetyanich". Retrieved 2013-11-05.
• "Всесвіт Фріпулья". Retrieved 2013-11-05.
• Alexandra Vagner. "Everyone saw what he wanted." Miracle work of Fedor Tetyanich. Radio Svoboda 13.03.2021