Olga Gurski

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Olga Gurski
Born	March 18, 1902 (1902-03-18) Korenevo, Russian Empire
Died	April 19, 1975(1975-04-19) (aged 73) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Ukraine
Citizenship	Argentina
Alma mater
Known for	portraits, landscapes, still life
Movement	Post-impressionism

Olga Gurski (1902–1975) (Gursky, O. Kriukow, Ольга Сергіївна Гурська) was a Ukrainian painter.

Life and work[]

Olga Gurski traces her descent from an old Ukrainian, formerly Polish, and before that Czech nobility of the 13th century, of the coat of arms.^[1][2] It should be mentioned that, fearing the Soviet Russian repressions, she buried the documents she was entrusted with by her dying father, — some of them dating from the 18th century, when the old lineage settled in Chernihiv (Ukraine) — and only disintered them in 1943, during World War II.

She graduated from the in 1929. In 1943, she moved to the West: at first to Lviv, later to Austria. There, having settled in Gmunden, on the Lake Traun, she took part in various art exhibitions (Linz, Salzburg), where her paintings were highly praised by the critics.

In 1948, she emigrated to Argentina, took up her residence in Buenos Aires, and became a citizen of that country.

Exhibitions of her paintings were held almost every year in Buenos Aires' renowned art galleries, such as Müller, Van Riel, Whitcomb, etc., and in the United States and Canada as well. From the , she received a special invitation to exhibit her works in Mar del Plata, the famous sea side resort.

Colored plates of some of her canvases illustrated the women's magazine "".

After numerous experiments concerning a painting technique to adopt, she definitely turned to a manner which can best be described as a late Post-impressionism, where, as quoted be the art critic Pedro H. Bidart, "the colors flow like a piece of music by Ravel, or Debussy".

Exhibitions[]

Some exhibition (incomplete)[]

• 1943 — Ukrainian Central Committee. Union of Ukrainian Artists in Lviv.
• 1946 — Ukrainian Art Exhibition — Salzburg, 6–10 October.
• 1947 — . Upper Austrian Branch. Linz, 28 August — 18 September.
• 1954 — Müller Gallery, Buenos Aires. Solo exhibition, 23 August — 4 September.
• 1955 — Müller Gallery, Buenos Aires. Solo exhibition, 5–17 September.
• 1956 — Van Riel Gallery, Buenos Aires. Solo exhibition, October.
• 1957 — Art Gallery "Hotel Provincial", Mar del Plata. Personal Exhibition, upon a special invitation of the Ministry of Economy, division Tourism & Parks (B. A. Province), 15–24 April.
• 1958 — Ukrainian Association "Prosvita", Buenos Aires, 6–20 September.
• 1959 — "Prosvita" Spring Art Exhibition, Association of Ukrainian Artists in Argentina, Buenos Aires, 3–20 October.
• 1965 — . New York City, 2–16 May.
• 1965 — Buenos Aires City Council. Hall of Exhibitions.
• 1967 — Alvear Palace Hotel. Solo exhibition, Buenos Aires, 25 May — 13 June.
• 1968 — , Dept. 64, New York, 20 October — 3 November.
• 1972 — , XVI Exhibition of Women Artists, New York City, 19–26 November.
• 1972 — . Exhibition of Ukrainian Artists, Philadelphia 24 November — 3 December.
• 1972 — Haus der Begegnung, Munich, 15 November.

Further reading[]

• "Ausstellung bildender Künstler", Kunst und Wissenschaft, OBERÖSTERREICHISCHE NACHRICHTEN, August 11, 1947.
• LINZER VOLKSBLATT, August 6, 1947.
• Prof. Pedro H. Bidart: "Galería de arte Alvear Palace Hotel". Buenos Aires, May 26 — June 12, 1967.
• "Pintora ucraniana", Por las galerías de arte, CLARIN, Buenos Aires, June 6, 1967.
• Ernesto Ramallo: "Olga Gurski". Artes Plásticas. LA PRENSA, June 6, 1967.
• Hryhoriy Holiyan: "Tvortsi nebudennykh tsinnostey". UKRAINSKE SLOVO, September 28, 1958.
• Olena Brosalina: "Postimpresionism Ol'hy Gurskoyi. Storinka istorii ukrayins'koho malyarstva v Arhentyni". MYSTETSTVOZNAVSVO UKRAYINY, Zb. naukovykh prats'. In-t problem suchasnoho mystetstva AMU. K.: Muz. Ukraina, 2005, Vyp. 6–7, p. 471–470.
• Igor Kaczurowskyj: "Malyarska tvorchist Ol'hy Gurs'koyi". NOVI DNI, Toronto, September 1975, p. 18–19.
• M[arkiyan] Fesolovych: "Ol'ha Gurs'ka. Vystavka v Alvear Palace Hotel". NASH KLYCH, June 1, 1967.
• "Ol'ha Gurs'ka-Kryukiv u Myunkheni". SHLYAKH PEREMOHY, Buenos Aires, November 26, 1972.
• O. Kompaniyets': "Dzherela pam'yati". PROSVITA # 5–6, 1993.
• "Khudozhnytsya Ol'ha Gurs'ka". Publikatsiyu pidhotuvav O. Kapitonenko. KRYMS'KA SVITLYTSYA, # 17. April 26, 2002.

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