ARTIST: Claudia Wiasigina (New York, Ukrainian, 1917 - 1978)
TITLE: Portrait of Woman
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame.
ART SIZE: 20 x 16 inches / %HEIGHTCM% x %WIDTHCM% cm
FRAME SIZE: 23 x 19 inches / %FRAMEHEIGHTCM% x %FRAMEWIDTHCM% cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
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SKU#: 153035
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BIOGRAPHY:
Born in Kharkiv in Ukraine during the early days of the Russian Civil War, Wiasigina grew up in the city where she would study at the Kharkiv School of Fine Arts and later at the Fine Arts Institute. By the time World War II began, she was married with a daughter.
When the Nazis invaded Ukraine, Wiasigina was taken by the Wehrmacht (armed forces in Nazi Germany) and forced to work in German military hospitals in different countries across Europe, and she would never see her husband or her father again. When the war ended, she lived in Munich for several years before emigrating to the United States in 1951, eventually making her way to Sea Cliff.
Throughout her time in Germany and the rest of her life in America, Wiasigina would continue to paint, everything from portraits to landscapes to scenes from Ukrainian folklife. She participated in numerous group shows, including the Society of Artists of Long Island and the Association of American Artists, and of course with the Sea Cliff Civic Association.
Although Wiasigina died in 1978, her art has continued to be a part of the Russian and Ukrainian community in Sea Cliff.