Zenowij Onyshkewych's exhibit takes art lovers "From Here to There" (11/03/02)

Zenowij Onyshkewych's exhibit takes art lovers "From Here to There"

SOUTHPORT, CONN. - The exhibit "From Here to There," featuring the plein-air paintings of Zenowij Onyshkewych, opens at the Southport Harbor Gallery on Sunday, November 3, with an artist's reception to be held at 2-6 p.m. The exhibit will be on view through December 1.

Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; or by appointment. For additional information call the gallery at (203) 259-2597 or visit the website southportharborgallery.com.

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Zenowij Onyshkewych is a plein-air painter, known for his works done on location in the United States, as well as during his extended stays abroad in Switzerland, France and Italy.

Mr. Onyshkewych's most recent major exhibit was the invitational retrospecive held in Switzerland at Musée de Bagnes during the summer of 1999. On exhibit were 64 paintings of the Valais region of the Swiss Alps painted over the last 25 years.

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Mr. Onyshkewych was born in Lviv, and came to the United States as a post-war émigré in 1949. He studied at the Art Students' League of New York and having served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, continued his studies on two consecutive scholarships at the National Academy of Fine Arts. A graduate of Pratt Institute, Mr. Onyshkewych taught drawing and painting at Fairfield University for 24 years.

The artist is known for works done on location in Europe as well as in the United States. Among the landscapes he has painted are the Alps, the East Coast of North America, from Nova Scotia to the Florida Keys, and a series of Hudson River paintings.

Mr. Onyshkewych is also known for his work in the graphic arts, which includes illustrations and graphic work for The New York Times, Reader's Digest and American publishing houses.

Mr. Onyshkewych, who resides in Richfield, Conn., is a lifetime member of The American Watercolor Society and has previously exhibited with the Salmagundi Club, the American Watercolor Society and the Invitational Commemorative National Arts Club, and in many one-man shows in the United States and abroad.

His work is included in prestigious national and international collections, including the Vatican.

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