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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. He is known for his landscapes, city views, and seascapes, but 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.
He began painting in oils in 1980 and quickly progressed to painting landscapes on site. While essentially self-taught, Kushnir studied with artists Michael Francis [1] and Michele Martin Taylor.[ citation needed ] He developed his own naturalistic realist style, and has worked primarily outdoors, in every season and type of weather. [2] [3] [4] [5]
In the 1980s, his works were shown in Washington, D.C. area exhibits. [6] [7] [8] In the 1990s, Kushnir began showing his work nationally. He was elected a Signature Member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, [9] a member of the Salmagundi Club, NYC, [10] the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, [11] and was elected a juried Official U.S. Coast Guard Artist. [12] Kushnir's works were shown in competitive exhibitions throughout the United States. [13]
During the early 21st century, Kushnir established and operated, with artist Michele Martin Taylor, art galleries in Manhattan, New York, and Ellicott City, Maryland, where they exhibited their own works and works of other mid-career American artists. [14] In 2006, Kushnir opened a studio and gallery in Washington, D.C., where he exhibited his works and those of other American artists with whom he has personally painted. [15] The landscape painter Alexangel Estevez [16] studied with Andrei Kushnir. [17]
Kushnir promoted the scenic beauties of the Potomac River throughout his career as an artist. He was the founder of the Potomac River School artists, organizing exhibits for the group at the Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, Maryland, the American University Library and the American Painting Fine Art gallery, the latter two in Washington, D.C. [18] The Sandy Spring Museum in Sandy Spring, Maryland co-published an illustrated catalog about Kushnir's group of Potomac River painters. [19] Kushnir also devoted two of his own exhibitions of paintings to the Potomac River, My River and River Visions. [20] His painting Potomac Riverscape received the Juror's Choice Award at the 1st Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition, presented by University of Maryland University College, 2011. [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 the artistic works of Kushnir include the C&O Canal, Potomac River, Shenandoah Valley, Blue Ridge Mountains and marine scenes as subjects. [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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