Jacques Hnizdovsky
Jacques Hnizdovsky ( Ukrainian Яків Якович Гніздовський Jakiw Jakowytsch Hnisdowskyj , Polish Jakób Gniazdowski , born January 27, 1915 in Ternopil Oblast ; † November 8, 1985 in New York City ) was an American graphic artist and designer of Ukrainian descent.
Life
Hnizdowsky came from a Ukrainian noble family that belonged to the Korab coat of arms community. He attended high school in Chortkiv . In 1933 he began studying at the Lviv Greek Catholic seminary. He showed artistic talent early on. Thanks to the support of the Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Andrej Scheptyzkyj , he began studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1938 . After the outbreak of the Second World War , he continued his painting studies at the Art Academy in Zagreb . In 1944 he was sent to the camp for displaced persons near Munich , where he stayed until 1949. His first woodcuts were made in the camp . He also edited the Ukrainian monthly "Arka". In 1949 he settled in Saint Paul , Minnesota and was employed as a designer at Brown & Bigelow . He had been based in New York City since 1950 . His woodcuts at the time showed an influence of Japanese art and were printed on Japanese rice paper. They mostly depicted animals and plants from the Bronx Zoo . He spent the period 1956 to 1958 in Paris . There he showed his oil paintings, graphics and small sculptures at three exhibitions.
Jacques Hnizdovsky created numerous book graphics, bookplate bookmarks, wooden reliefs, ceramics and small sculptures. He was active in Ukrainian clubs in the United States . He died in New York in 1985 and was buried on November 5, 2005 in the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv.
Christmas postcard
Christmas postcard
Christmas postcard
Christmas postcard
Bookplate Fanny Hnizdovsky
Easter postcard
Easter postcard
literature
- AM Tahir, Jr .: Jacques Hnizdovsky Woodcuts and Etchings . Pelican Publishing Co, 1987, ISBN 0-88289-487-0 .
- AM Tahir, Jr .: Hnizdovsky Woodcuts 1944–1975, a catalog raissonné . Pelican Publishing Co, 1975, ISBN 0-88289-149-9 , ISBN 0-88289-072-7 , ISBN 0-88289-150-2 .
- J. Hnizdovsky: Jacques Hnizdovsky Ex Libris. S. Hnizdovsky, 1986.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hnizdovsky, Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Гніздовський, Яків Якович (Ukrainian); Gniazdowski, Jakób (Polish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American graphic artist and designer of Polish-Ukrainian descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pylyptsche , Ternopil Oblast |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1985 |
| Place of death | New York City |