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Nicholas Krushenik |
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| Nicholas Krushenick
(May 31, 1929 – February 5, 1999) was one of the forerunners of
the pop art movement. Krushenick began showing his work publicly
in New York in 1957, at the age of 28. By 1962, his work
was shown at upscale
galleries and, by the year 2000, was part of major permanent
collections throughout
New York and the United States Born in New York City in 1929,
Krushenick served in World War II, then studied art upon
his return to home life. He
attended the Art Students League of New York (1948–1950) and the
Hans Hofmann School Of Art (1950-1951). He and brother John
Krushenick opened an artists'
cooperative called the Brata Gallery in the late fifties.
In 1969, Krushenick gave up his soft brush abstract expressionist
technique for bolder colours and lines similar to illustration,
yet maintaining
use of abstract figurative forms. This style marked him as
one of the
original practitioners of pop art. |
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