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Park West Gallery Remembers Artist Anatole Krasnyansky (1930-2023)

The world of art has lost one of its brightest talents with the passing of the great Ukrainian artist Anatole Krasnyansky. The renowned painter passed away on March 10, 2023, and is survived by his wife, Nelly, his daughter, Rimma, and his legions of admirers. “Anatole was more than an artist—he was family to us,” said Marc Scaglione, President of Park West Gallery. “So many collectors know him for his famous paintings of masks, but, in contrast, when you met him, Anatole was completely authenti...

VIDEO: How Anatole Krasnyansky’s Art Peers Behind Humanity’s Masks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4hMSPmC6M&feature=emb_logo There aren’t many artists still working at the age of 90, but Anatole Krasnyansky has never been a traditional artist. From his earliest days as a youth in Kiev, Krasnyansky distinguished himself with his hard work and artistic excellence. Now, decades later, after becoming an internationally famous artist, Krasnyansky has no intention to stop creating art any time soon. We get a rare look into Krasnyansky’s studio—and his past—in...

How Anatole Krasnyansky Elevates the Watercolor Medium to New Heights

Ask any artist and they’ll tell you that watercolor is a particularly tricky medium to work with. There’s a constant struggle to keep the perfect balance of water and pigment, the artist can’t always control how the medium dries, and the inherent transparency of watercolor can be a blessing or a curse. For those reasons (and others), many professional artists shy away from using water-based paints. Anatole Krasnyansky, however, is not one of those artists. Krasnyansky doesn’t just use watercolor...

Behind the Artist: Anatole Krasnyansky

Anatole Krasnyansky’s artistic output centers on dualities: old and new, history and imagination, structure and surrealism. Trained as an architect, Anatole Krasnyansky alternates between painting rich, expressive cityscapes and exaggerated Cubist figures. His contrasting styles are driven and enriched by the cultural dichotomy between his early life in the former Soviet Union and his later life in the United States. Krasnyansky was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Krasnyansky and his mother fled the inva...