Yury Skorupsky (20th Century)
Skorupsky was born in Rava-Ruska Skorupsky, Ukraine. He attended the Yaniv College of Fine Art (bachelor's degree), the Moscow National University of Art (master's degree) and the Lviv National Institute of Arts and Applied Design (master's degree).
In 1991 he came to the United States, where one of his first challenges, in 1992, was to paint one of the renowned Russian Orthodox Churches in Chicago. Later Mr. Skorupsky painted the icons for the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception. In 1993-1994 the artist, through his Dolya Association of Artists, organized a U.S. tour to exhibit the works of 16 Ukrainian painters from New York to California. Over the next few years, Dolya held more than 20 group shows in different American cities.
Skorupsky was quickly recognized both in the U.S. and in Ukraine. By 1995 he was accepted as a member in the Chicago Art Coalition (CAC), in 1999 in the Oil Painters of America (OPA), in 2002 he was elected as an honored member in the Ukrainian National Union of Artists, in 2002 he became a lifetime member of the America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals, in 2003 he was included in the National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals. His works appeared in top American art magazines and at national and international exhibits.
Mr. Skorupsky arranges water lilies, the favorite flower of Impressionists, in vertical expanses or asymmetrically fragmented horizontal compositions. Their leaves opened like Japanese parasols, star-shaped flowers fade away or float slowly across deep blue water, mysterious in its depth. The artist barely hints of their mystery and calls the viewer to savor the beauty, without asking where it came from and why.
Source: National Museum of Ukraine |
