Boris Schneider is primarily known as a master of tapestry, a wall-hanging lint-free carpet with a narrative or ornamental composition. Interest in national history and its interpretation is one of the artist’s defining themes. He refers to folk traditions, affirms the persistence of the national spirit, the values of the past and their connection with the present.

The artist often went on artistic trips and travels, during which he studied the peculiarities of weaving, embossing, embroidery, and various types of ornaments, and got acquainted with the culture and architecture of a particular region. It was under the influence of these travels that the desire to paint appeared. The artist devoted a significant part of his creative work to the depiction of architectural ensembles, fortifications of castles. The works of this theme are presented in the exhibition, and they date from the late 60s and 70s of the last century. These include pencil and felt-tip pen drawings and tempera paintings. Conventionally, according to the direction of travel, they can be divided into three groups: Ukraine (Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kremenets), Estonia (Tallinn), and Russia (Solovki).

Borys Lukych Schneider (16.06.1937 Samchyky village, Khmelnytskyi region – 22.11.2020 Kherson) was an artist of decorative and applied arts. He worked in the techniques of tapestry, decorative fabric, and decorative painting.

1956 – graduated from the Lviv State School of Applied and Decorative Arts, Faculty of Artistic Textiles (Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts named after Ivan Trush). His teacher was Vasyl Tsien.
1962 – graduated from the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (Lviv National Academy of Arts). Teacher – Roman Selskyi.
Since 1962 – participant in international, national and regional art and industrial exhibitions.
1962-1963 – art director of the Lviv Television Studio.
1963-1965 – lecturer at the Department of Artistic Textiles at the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts.
1965 – moves to Kherson.
1965-1985 – artist-designer (textile designer) at the Kherson Cotton Mill.
1972 – Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
1985-1996 – worked at the Art and Production Complex of the Kherson Regional Organization of the Union of Artists of Ukraine.
1999-2005 – senior researcher at the State Historical and Cultural Reserve “Samchyky”.