Anatole Krasnyansky (1930-2023) Ukrainian/American, Signed Serigraph. Silkscreen print on textured paper in his signature style. Signed in pen bottom left. Numbered 22/350 in pen bottom right. 

Overall Size: 22 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. 

Sight Size: 10 1/4 x 8 in. 

Anatole Krasnyansky was born on April 26th, 1930 in Kyiv, Ukraine, and survived wartime displacement to Uzbekistan and the early death of his father before returning to earn a master’s degree in architecture in 1953. His early career focused on the prestigious restoration of Russian national monuments, including the Hermitage Museum and the Potemkin Palace, but after encouragement from his wife he transitioned into fine art and gained international fame for pioneering a watercolor technique that utilized unusual paper textures to achieve oil-like depth. After his professional success drew suspicious attention from the KGB, Krasnyansky and his family fled the Soviet Union for the United States in 1975, where he built a successful second career as a set designer and stage art director for major studios like ABC and Universal. Balancing structuralism with surrealism, he spent many years as the Stage Art Director for the Odyssey Theatre, gave lectures at Stanford University, UCLA, and throughout Japan, and regularly exhibited at Park West Gallery where he raised funds for relief efforts back in Europe. In the early 2000s he re-engaged with his architectural past and helped design a new facade of Park West’s headquarters in Michigan, and since his passing on March 10th, 2023 his work has been more highly sought than ever by public, private, and corporate collections all over the world.

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