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Andrei Kushnir | |
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Андрій Кушнір | |
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| Born | 30 August 1947 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painter |
| Website | www.andreikushnir.com |
Andrei Kushnir [a] (born August 30, 1947) is an American fine art painter. known for his landscapes, city views, and seascapes, he also has created genre, portraits and still life works. He is a resident of Maryland, with a studio in Washington, D.C.
Andrei Kushnir was born in Regensburg, Germany, the son of Ukrainian parents who immigrated to the United States to escape Soviet communism.
In 1980, he began painting in oils, quickly progressing to on site painting of landscapes. Whilst self-taught, Kushnir sometimes [1] , and developed his own naturalistic realist style by working outdoors in all seasons. [2] [3] [4] [5] For the rest of the decade, his work was exhibited in Washington, D.C. [6] [7] [8]
In the 1990s, Kushnir began showing his work in competitive exhibitions throughout the United States. [9]
In the 2000s, Kushnir worked with artist Michele Martin Taylor to establish art galleries in Manhattan, Ellicott City, Maryland and Washington, D.C. They exhibited both their own works, and those of other mid-career artists and colleagues [10] [11] including the landscape painter Alexangel Estevez. [12] [13]
Kushnir often focussed on the scenic beauties of the Potomac River throughout his career.
He was the founder of the Potomac River School artists, organizing exhibits for the group at the across Maryland and Washington D.C. [14] The Sandy Spring Museum, Maryland, co-published an illustrated catalog about Kushnir’s Potomac River painters group. [15]
Kushnir devoted two of his own exhibitions of paintings to the Potomac River, My River and River Visions. [16] His painting Potomac Riverscape received Juror's Choice Award at the 1st Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition, University of Maryland University College, in 2011. [17]
He was a Signature Member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, [18] the Salmagundi Club, NYC, [19] the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, [20] and was a juried Official U.S. Coast Guard Artist. [21]
He worked from 2004 to 2015 painting en plein air landscapes throughout the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, including subjects of historical, cultural, and scenic importance. [22] The culmination of this project was the publication of Oh, Shenandoah by George F. Thompson Publishing, Staunton, Virginia, in December 2016. [23]
The book contains 263 of the author's original paintings of the historic Shenandoah Valley and River. 71 of these paintings were exhibited from April 1 through September 11, 2016 at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia. [24] The book received favorable reviews, especially for the authenticity of its presentation of the Shenandoah Valley and its people. [25]
An exhibition of 150 of the paintings from Oh, Shenandoah was held at the James Madison University Duke Gallery of Fine Art, Harrisonburg, Virginia, in May/June 2017. [26] An exhibition titled "Oh, Shenandoah: Landscapes of Diversity" of 52 of the paintings from Oh, Shenandoah was held from December 2018 to September 2019 at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, in Richmond, [27] and a traveling version of the exhibit was organized by the museum. [28]
A follow-on project of plein air paintings along the interstate highways running through the Shenandoah Valley resulted in publication of Kushnir's book The Shenandoah Valley's Interstates, Plein Air Paintings Along I-81, I-66 and I-64 by George F. Thompson Publishing, Staunton, Virginia, in July 2024. [29]
Other publications devoted to Kushnir’s artistic works include subjects such as the C&O Canal, Potomac River, Shenandoah Valley, Blue Ridge Mountains, and marine scenes. [30] [31] [32] [33] The artist's non-fiction account of his father's life and times was published in 2020. [34]
The artist's works are in the permanent collections of the U.S. Coast Guard, District of Columbia's Commission of Arts & Humanities, University of Maryland University College, Maryland, Museum of Florida's Art and Culture, Avon Park, Florida, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, The University Club, Washington, D.C. and presidents of the United States and Ukraine. [35]
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