John Krushenick, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Krushenick

American artist

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1927

Date of Death: 19-Jun-1998

Profession: painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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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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