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Richard Anuszkiewicz - artist

American born Polish painter of the optical artists group, with his "Apex" (rear) and "mauve Plus" in the foreground.

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Richard Joseph Anuszkiewicz

Painter, artist

Born May 23, 1930, Erie (PA), U.S.; son of Adam and Victoria (Jankowski); married Sally (Feeney); children: Adam, Stephanie, Christine.

Education: B.F.A., Cleveland Institute of Art (OH), 1953; M.F.A., Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven (CT), 1955; B.S., Kent State University, Akron (OH), 1956.

Career: over 75 one-man exhibits. since 1955, inter alia in: Butler Art Museum, Youngstown (OH), 1955, The Contemporaries, New York City, 1960, 1961, 1963, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, U.S. Information Service travelling exhibition circulated to U.S. Embassies in 10 foreign capitals, 1974, Brooklyn Museum (NY), and Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh (PA), 1980, University Fine Arts Galleries, Tallahassee (FL), Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg (FL), Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables (FL), Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands (FL), 1981, RichardAnuszkiewicz, Grabados, Museo Rayo, Roldanillo, Valle (Columbia), 1982, Anuszkiewicz, Four Decades, Richard Green Gallery, New York City, 1988, Galleria Sagittaria, Centro Iniziative Culturali, Pordenone (Italy), 1988, Gallerie Civiche D'Arte Moderna, Assessorato Instituzioni Culturali, Ferrara (Italy), 1989, Maruzen Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan), 1991, Anuszkiewicz, Works Produced at Graphicstudio, Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa,1992; over 170 group exhibitions in United States, Canada, Finland, France, Israel, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Switzerland, Spain, Poland. Author: Anuszkiewicz (book on his work), 1977; paintings on permanent exhibits. inter alia in: Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington (DC), Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh (PA), Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale (FL). Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (IL), Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (Germany), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul (South Korea), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, Tel Aviv Museum (Israel), Yale University Art Gallery.

Member of: president, Visual Artists and Galleries Association.

Honors: Pulitzer travelling fellowship, National Academy of Design, 1953.

Languages: English, Polish.

Home: 76 Chestnut St, Englewood NJ 07631

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996

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