Anno Domine (Witnessing His Crucifixion)
- Mixed Media
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20 x 16 in
(50.8 x 40.64 cm)
- TARAS YURI SNIHUROWYCZ
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Dr. Snihurowycz was born June 1918. in Ukraine, educated in Europe and Canada. He came to Canada in 1950, and holds the position of Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, at the University of Manitoba.
In Canada Dr. Snihurowycz began to collect paintings, mostly by Ukrainian artists. His main interests were always Eastern European, Ukrainian and the Byzantine religious art.
In 1975, without any artistic training and never having held a paint brush in his hands, DrSnihurowycz began painting as a hobby. In his case icons. and especially Ukrainian icons. became his passion. These he copies directly from books, adjusting to the proportions he wanted using ordinary boards or plywood, and mostly acrylic paint. He recently began painting on chemically-antiqued copper sheet using gold leaf
Some of his paintings are his own original works, where he strives to follow the rules of iconography. In addition to icons. he makes numerous pendants, necklaces, and mini-icons framed in gold. Since his interest in this hobby began, he has finished about two hundred icons of different sizes, and has collected an extensive library on iconographic art and history printed in various languages.
He has held numerous exhibitions for Ukrainian charitable organizations, and one in connection with the Congress of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North Americaat the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, 1968. In February 1981 he also held an exhibition in the Provincial Archives Building. The exhibition was sponsored by the Department of Culture Government of Manitoba.
Alex Domokos wrote in the Winnipeg Free Press (February 25, 1981) as follows: "Dr. Snihurowycz has an exceptional talent for iconography. That ancient art has a long tradition and it is far more intricate an art than the superficial observer would detect. Behind the often primitive-looking facade there is a quality of mystery and spirituality which cannot be acquired by mere imitation or instruction."
- Subject Matter: Portrait
- Created: 1997
- Collections: TARAS YURI SNIHUROWYCZ (1918-2011)