Nicholas Krushenick

Nicholas Krushenick (born May 31, 1929 in Bronx , New York City , USA , † February 5, 1999 in New York) was an American painter and an important pioneer of Pop Art .

life and work

Nicholas Krushenick studied at the Art Students League of New York from 1948 to 1950 and at the Hans Hofmann School Of Art from 1950 to 1951. He and his brother John Krushenick opened an artists' cooperative in the Brata Gallery in the late 1950s .

Krushenick began to exhibit his work publicly in New York from 1957. From 1962 his work was shown in the class of upscale galleries and museums. His work is part of the large permanent collections in New York and the United States.

In 1963 he took part in the annual exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art and also in 1963 at the Museum of Modern Art , both in New York. In 1968 he was represented with six works at the 4th documenta in Kassel .

In 1969, Krushenick abandoned his abstract expressionist soft brush and used a technique of bolder colors and lines while maintaining abstract shapes. This style marks him as one from the original practice of Pop Art.

In his later years, Krushenick taught at the University of Maryland , College Park from 1977 to 1991.

literature

Exhibition catalog for the IV. Documenta: IV. Documenta. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: (Painting and Sculpture); Volume 2: (Graphics / Objects); Kassel 1968
Nicholas Krushenick , with a foreword by Wieland Schmied . Catalog 4/1972 of the Kestner Society, Hanover for the exhibition from June 26th to September 24th 1972.
Harald Kimpel, Karin Stengel: documenta IV 1968 international exhibition - A photographic reconstruction (series of publications from the documenta archive); Bremen 2007, ISBN 978-3-86108-524-9

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personal data
SURNAME	Krushenick, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American painter and printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH	May 31, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bronx , New York City , USA
DATE OF DEATH	February 5, 1999
Place of death	new York