Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanivna and the family name is Olenska-Petryshyn.
Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn
Аркадія Оленська-Петришин
Born
Arcadia Ivanivna Olenska

(1934-06-19)June 19, 1934
Roznoshyntsi, Second Polish Republic (now Ukraine)
DiedMay 6, 1996(1996-05-06) (aged 61)
North Brunswick, New Jersey
NationalityUkrainian, United States
Known forHighly stylized paintings of Flora, esp. cactus

Arcadia Ivanivna Olenska-Petryshyn[a] (née Olenska; June 19, 1934 – May 6, 1996) was an American artist, art critic and editor.

She was born in Roznoshyntsi, Second Polish Republic (now Ukraine). She left Poland with her family in 1944, moving to Augsburg in Germany. Five years later, they moved to the United States, settling in New York City. She was educated at Washington Irving High School and went on to earn a MA at Hunter College, where she studied with Robert Motherwell and William Baziotes.[1] Later, she pursued post-graduate work at the University of Chicago. She married Volodymyr Petryshyn, a mathematics professor, in 1956.[2][3]

She worked mainly with lithographs and oil paint. She exhibited her work at shows in New York City, Toronto, Brussels, Shenyang, Kyiv and Lviv.[4] She was an active member of the "New York Group", an association of Ukrainian artists and writers, and helped create the Association of Young Ukrainian Artists.[2]

Olenska-Petryshyn was art editor for Suchasnist', a Ukrainian literary and cultural journal.[2]

In 1996, she was killed by her husband at home in North Brunswick, New Jersey[4][5][6][7] Her husband was later found not guilty by reason of insanity.[8]

Her work is held in various public and private collections, including the Ukrainian Museum in New York City.[2][9][10] and the New Jersey State Museum.[11]

Arcadia Olenska Petryshyn, Night Cacti I, oil on canvas 1982 72" x 106"


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  1. ^ ed. Boychuk, Bohdan (2003). Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn / Арка́дія Оле́нська-Петри́шин [Арка́дія Оле́нська-Петри́шин / Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn] (in English and Ukrainian). NYC / Kyiv: National Art Museum of Ukraine / The Ukrainian Museum NYC. p. 163. ISBN 966-96099-2-5. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b c d "Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn" (PDF). Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts.
  3. ^ "Ukrainian artist to exhibit in Clark" (PDF). Ahway News-Record/Clark Patriot. April 14, 1988. p. 3.
  4. ^ a b "Artist Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn found dead; husband is charged". Ukrainian Weekly. May 12, 1996. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Artist, 61, Bludgeoned to Death; Math Professor Husband Arrested". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, NJ. May 7, 1996. pp. 1, 12. Retrieved May 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Down over Error, Man Allegedly Kills Wife". The Boston Globe. Boston, MA. May 8, 1996. p. 11. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Error May Have Made Perfectionist a Killer // Beloved Wife Slain; Professor Is Charged". Tulsa World. May 8, 1996.
  8. ^ "Volodymyr Petryshyn". University of St Andrews, Scotland.
  9. ^ "The Gift of Art: A Major Gift of Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn Paintings". Ukrainian Museum.
  10. ^ "Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn". Annex Galleries.
  11. ^ "Insanity defense possible as prof denies slaying his wife with hammer". Star-Ledger. Newark, New Jersey. July 9, 1996.