John Krushenick, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Krushenick
American artist
Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1927
Date of Death: 19-Jun-1998
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John Krushenick
- John Krushenick (March 18, 1927 – June 19, 1998) painter and co-founder of the Brata Gallery in New York City.
- He studied with Hans Hofmann, exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City, and MoMA Tokyo.
- He and brother Nicholas Krushenick opened an artists' cooperative called the Brata Gallery in the late 1950s.
- During the late 1950s many cooperative galleries along Ninth and Tenth Street in New York City's East Village showcased the work of young artists.
- The painters and sculptors showcased there were among the avant-garde of the day.
- According to some sources, one of the earliest of the postwar New York "shaped canvas" paintings, by Edward Clark, was shown at the Brata in 1957.
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