Ukrainian Expressionist Abstract Mixed Media Futurist Painting Ivan Kurach

Dimensions: H: 17.0, W: 19.0 IN

Ivan Kurach (Ukrainian, 1909-1968)

Genre: Expressionist Subject: Geometric shapes Medium: Mixed Media Surface: Canvas Signed bottom right Frame: 17" X 19" Image: 11.5" X 14"

An original mixed media painting on canvas, showcasing a geometric composition featuring colorful abstract shapes and forms. The artist's signature is located in the lower right corner. The artwork comes with the original label from THE GENESEE PICTURE FRAME CO. (Buffalo, NY) affixed to the back. It is presented under glass with a black mat border, housed in a rustic-style wood frame.

Ivan Kurach (1909 – 1968) Ukrainian Italian lived and studied in Italy. Born in the Ukraine, Kurach (or Kuracie) studied in the academies of Lviv, Warsaw, and Berlin. He then moved to Italy, continuing his studies in Rome and then Milan. Despite his emigration, the Ukraine and her people never left his art. He worked in Constructivist and Futurist style.

Well known both in Europe and in the United States, his paintings are found in famous private collections and in museums all over the world. He spent most of his time between his studios of New York City and Milan, Italy. His work is another example of how very modern technique and sensitivity can freely fuse into the rigid rule of the most beautiful Italian pictorial tradition.

A soldier in World War II, he was a faithful interpreter of that tragic period; with gray and somber colors, with sad visions, he portrayed those days with force and meaning.