Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn

Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn (June 19, 1934 – May 6, 1996) was a Ukrainian-born American artist, art critic and editor.

Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn
Born(1934-06-19)June 19, 1934
Roznoshentsi, Ukraine
DiedMay 6, 1996(1996-05-06) (aged 61)
North Brunswick, New Jersey
NationalityUkraine, United States

She was born Arcadia Olenska in Roznoshentsi, Ukraine. She left the Ukraine with her family in 1944, moving to Augsburg in Germany. Five years later, they moved to the United States, settling in New York City. She was educated at Washington Irving High School and went on to earn a MA at Hunter College, later doing post-graduate work at the University of Chicago. She married Volodymyr Petryshyn, a mathematics professor, in 1956.[1][2]

She worked mainly with lithographs and oil paint. She exhibited her work at shows in New York City, Toronto, Brussels, Shenyang, Kiev and Lviv.[3] She was an active member of the "New York Group", an association of Ukrainian artists and writers, and helped create the Association of Young Ukrainian Artists.[1]

Olenska-Petryshyn was art editor for Suchasnist', a Ukrainian literary and cultural journal.[1]

In 1996, she was murdered by her husband at home in North Brunswick, New Jersey following an argument.[3][4] Her husband was later found not guilty by reason of insanity.[5]

Her work is held in various public and private collections, including the Ukrainian Museum in New York City.[6][7][1] and the New Jersey State Museum.[8]

References
  1. "Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn" (PDF). Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts.
  2. "Ukrainian artist to exhibit in Clark" (PDF). Ahway News-Record/Clark Patriot. April 14, 1988. p. 3.
  3. "Artist Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn found dead; husband is charged". Ukrainian Weekly. May 12, 1996.
  4. "Error May Have Made Perfectionist a Killer // Beloved Wife Slain; Professor Is Charged". Tulsa World. May 8, 1996.
  5. "Volodymyr Petryshyn". University of St Andrews, Scotland.
  6. "The Gift of Art: A Major Gift of Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn Paintings". Ukrainian Museum.
  7. "Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn". Annex Galleries.
  8. "Insanity defense possible as prof denies slaying his wife with hammer". Star-Ledger. Newark, New Jersey. July 9, 1996.
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