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immersing himself in his work in Michel Andreenko and Ukrainian
what became a very productive Artists in Paris is curated by
period. During that time, and Adrienne Kochman, in anticipation
certainly by 1956, he had returned of the exhibition Michel
to non-representational painting. Andreenko:Revisited. A survey
of his career–from theatrical set
Andreenko’s work was included in designs and non-representational
a number of museum exhibitions in work of the 1920s, surrealistic
Western Europe focusing on non naturalism, his Vanishing Paris

objectivity and early 20th century Mykola Hlushchenko, Untitled (1965),

abstract art, as well as stage Monotype on paper, 14.5 x 21”, Gift of Mr.

design, all of which were being Bohdan Kowalsky
reappraised by Western scholars series of the 1940s-1950s and
in the 1960s and 70s. He also return to non-representation in
had several solo gallery exhibits. the mid-1950s will be represented
In 1964, he published his first through the largest collection
story, ‘Mice’ in the Munich-based of his work in the United States,
Ukrainian journal Suchasnist loaned by Drs. Alexandra and
[Modern Times], increasingly Andrew Ilkiw. The exhibition,
devoting himself to writing – on postponed a year due to the
the artist and the importance pandemic, will open in Spring 2021.
of honing his craft, his European A catalogue is already available
travels from an artist’s perspective through UIMA.
and short story fiction. He passed
away in 1982.