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'''Mikhail Turovsky''' ({{lang-uk|Михайло Туровський}}; born in 1933 in [[Kiev]], in the [[Ukrainian SSR]] of the [[Soviet Union]]) is an American artist-[[Painting|painter]], and [[writer]]-[[aphorist]], resident in [[New York]] since 1979.
'''Mikhail Turovsky''' ({{langx|uk|Михайло Туровський}}, Mykhaylo Turovsky; born in 1933 in [[Kyiv]], in the [[Ukrainian SSR]] of the [[Soviet Union]]) is a Ukrainian-American artist-[[Painting|painter]], and [[writer]]-[[aphorist]], resident in [[New York City]] since 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewish.ru/culture/art/2001/10/news8714.php |title=Художник Михаил Туровский: "Жизнь - это подготовка к смерти" |website=www.jewish.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523074802/http://www.jewish.ru/culture/art/2001/10/news8714.php |archive-date=2015-05-23}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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===Early life and education===
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Mikhail Turovsky was born in 1933 in [[Kiev]]. During the Second World War, he was evacuated to [[Samarkand]] with his mother and an older brother. Although over the draft age, his father volunteered for active duty and was killed in action in 1943.


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===Early life and education===
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Turovsky attended the art school in Samarkand. His classmates included [[Ilya Kabakov]] (later a noted conceptualist artist).
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Mikhail Turovsky was born in 1933 in [[Kyiv]] into the family of Shaul Turovsky, a taylor.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.greter-art.com/show_artist.php?id=121&lang=ua | title=Туровський Михайло | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819185919/https://greter-art.com/show_artist.php?id=121&lang=ua | archive-date=2016-08-19 | language=uk}}</ref> During the Second World War, he was evacuated to [[Samarkand]] with his mother and an older brother. Although over the draft age, his father volunteered for active duty and was killed in action in 1943.


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Turovsky attended the art school in [[Samarkand]]. His classmates included [[Ilya Kabakov]] (later a noted conceptualist artist).
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Turovsky returned to Kiev in 1944 and continued his studies at the [[Shevchenko State Art School]]. He later graduated from [[Kiev Art Institute]], where he studied under [[Tetyana Yablonska]] in 1960. He continued his postgraduate studies at the [[Moscow Academy of Art]] from 1965 until 1968.


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Turovsky returned to Kyiv in 1944 and continued his studies at the [[Shevchenko State Art School]]. He later graduated from [[Kyiv Art Institute]], where he studied under [[Tetyana Yablonska]] in 1960. He continued his postgraduate studies at the [[Moscow Academy of Art]] from 1965 until 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ua.gs-art.com/artists/5316/|title = Результати пошуку: / Золотое Сечение}}</ref>
===Marriage and family===
Turovsky married, and he and his wife had a son and daughter. [[Roman Turovsky]] is a painter and composer and [[Genya Turovskaya]] is a poet.


===Career===
===Career===
Turovsky commenced a prolific creative career in 1957, participating in numerous exhibitions of Ukrainian art in Kiev, Moscow, as well as in many traveling exhibitions to Europe and Latin America. In 1962 he became a member of the [[Union of Artists of USSR]].
Turovsky commenced a prolific creative career in 1957, participating in numerous exhibitions of Ukrainian art in Kyiv, Moscow, as well as in many traveling exhibitions to Europe and Latin America. In 1962, he became a member of the [[Union of Artists of USSR]].


Mikhail Turovsky forsook his official career for the sake of creative freedom and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1979. The Turovsky family first settled in the [[Bronx]]<ref>[http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/LuteNetters/Turovsky.txt "Roman Turovsky"], accessed 12 Nov 2009</ref> and he resumed his work there. After that important move, his career developed rapidly. His international reputation grew as he exhibited in New York, [[Jerusalem]], [[Paris]], [[Brussels]], [[Madrid]], [[Venice]], and other cities in Europe.
Mikhail Turovsky forsook his official career for the sake of creative freedom and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1979. The Turovsky family first settled in the [[Bronx]]<ref>[http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/LuteNetters/Turovsky.txt "Roman Turovsky"], accessed 12 Nov 2009</ref> and he resumed his work there. After that important move, his career developed rapidly. His international reputation grew as he exhibited in New York, [[Jerusalem]], [[Paris]], [[Brussels]], [[Madrid]], [[Venice]], [[Arles]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mikhail-turovsky-exposition.com/mikhail_turovsky_peintre.html|title = Mikhail Turovsky Biographie}}</ref> and other cities in Europe.


Mikhail Turovsky's work is represented in permanent collections of the [[National Art Museum of Ukraine]] in Kiev, the State [[Tretyakov Gallery]] in Moscow, the [[Yad Vashem]] Memorial Art Museum in Jerusalem, the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art at [[Cornell University]] in New York, and the [[Notre Dame University]] Art Museum in Indiana, as well as many public and private collections. Among his well-known works are the cycle ''[[Holocaust]]'', ''[[The End of an Utopia]]', many nudes, landscapes and still lifes; illustrations to the works of [[Ivan Franko]], [[Vasyl Stefanyk]], [[Aleksandr Blok]], [[Sholom Aleichem|Sholom-Aleichem]], [[Leon Feuchtwanger]], [[Johannes R. Becher|Johannes Becher]], and many other writers.
Mikhail Turovsky's work is represented in permanent collections of the [[National Art Museum of Ukraine]] in Kyiv, the State [[Tretyakov Gallery]] in Moscow, the [[Yad Vashem]] Memorial Art Museum in Jerusalem, the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art at [[Cornell University]] in New York, and the [[Notre Dame University]] Art Museum in Indiana, as well as many public and private collections. Among his well-known works are the cycle ''[[Holocaust]]'', ''[[The End of an Utopia]]', many nudes, landscapes and still lifes; illustrations to the works of [[Ivan Franko]], [[Vasyl Stefanyk]], [[Aleksandr Blok]], [[Sholom Aleichem|Sholom-Aleichem]], [[Lion Feuchtwanger]], [[Johannes R. Becher|Johannes Becher]], and many other writers.


===Honors===
===Honors===
*In 2008 Turovsky was awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine by the President of Ukraine [[Viktor Yushchenko]]<ref>[http://h.ua/story/157813/ "Михаил Туровский стал народным художником Украины"] (in Ukrainian), accessed 13 Nov 2009</ref>
*In 2008, Turovsky was awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine by the President of Ukraine [[Viktor Yushchenko]]<ref>[http://h.ua/story/157813/ "Михаил Туровский стал народным художником Украины"] (in Ukrainian), accessed 13 Nov 2009</ref>
*In 2009 he was voted in as a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Art.<ref>http://academia.gov.ua/sites/Turovsky/Turovsky.htm</ref>
*In 2009, he was voted in as a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Art.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://academia.gov.ua/sites/Turovsky/Turovsky.htm |title=Національна академія мистецтв України. МИХАЙЛО САУЛОВИЧ ТУРОВСЬКИЙ (США) — графік і живописець |website=academia.gov.ua |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204230323/http://academia.gov.ua/sites/Turovsky/Turovsky.htm |archive-date=2011-02-04}}</ref>


== Aphorist ==
== Aphorist ==


Turovsky is also the author of a collection of [[aphorism]]s, ''Itch of Wisdom'' (Cicuta Press, 1986) (originally published in Russian as ''Зуд Мудрости'' in 1984). This book is considered influential in its genre in Russian. Many excerpts from it have been included in the [[russophone]] aphoristica anthologies.
Turovsky is also the author of a collection of [[aphorism]]s, ''Itch of Wisdom'' (Hemlock Press, 1990) (originally published in Russian as ''Зуд Мудрости'' (Cikuta Press) in 1984).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25387002M/Itch_of_Wisdom|ol = 25387002M|title = Itch of Wisdom|year = 1990|publisher = Hemlock Press}}</ref> This book is considered influential in its genre in Russian. Many excerpts from it have been included in the [[russophone]] aphoristica anthologies.


Examples:<ref>
Examples:<ref>
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*"When your legs get weaker time starts running faster."
*"When your legs get weaker time starts running faster."
*"Broken wings fit more easily in standard-size boxes."
*"Broken wings fit more easily in standard-size boxes."
*"Death is so preoccupied with life, that is has no time for anything else."
*"Death is so preoccupied with life, that it has no time for anything else."
*"Now the Rubicon peacefully flows into the Styx."
*"Now the Rubicon peacefully flows into the Styx."
*"If you have got a fulcrum, there is no need to turn over the world."
*"If you have got a fulcrum, there is no need to turn over the world."
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
He lives and works in New York City. He is the father of the painter and composer [[Roman Turovsky]] and the poet [[Genya Turovskaya]]. He is the brother of sculptor [[Anatoly Turovsky]].
He lives and works in New York City, with his wife Sophia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.runyweb.com/articles/culture/art/mikhail-turovsky.html|title = Художник Михаил Туровский об успехе, которого ждал в Нью-Йорке 20 лет}}</ref> He is the father of the painter and composer [[Roman Turovsky]] and the poet [[Genya Turovskaya]].


==External links==
== References ==
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* [http://polyhymnion.org/art/misha Personal website]

==References and bibliography==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== Literature ==
* Chelsea Art Museum Exhibition Catalogue (introductory essay by Serge Lenczner, NYC, USA)
# ''[http://www.gs-art.com/dfiles/GS_Exh_Turovsky_FINAL.pdf Mykhailo Turovsky. Plastic symphony. Painting and graphics : &#91;exhibition catalogue&#93; 11–31.08.2017]''. Kyiv : &#91;[[Goldens|Golden Section]]&#93;, 2017. 46 p. {{in lang|uk|en}}
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* NOMI (Noviy Mir Iskusstva 4/45/2005, "Large Bodies: Great Success" by Serge Hollerbach, St. Petersburg, Russia)
* Monograph "MIKHAIL TUROVSKY" (Introductory article by Xavier Xuriguera, text by Serge Lenczner), Editions Sauveur Attard, France
# Chelsea Art Museum Exhibition Catalogue (introductory essay by Serge Lenczner, NYC, USA)
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# NOMI (Noviy Mir Iskusstva 4/45/2005, "Large Bodies: Great Success" by Serge Hollerbach, St. Petersburg, Russia)
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* Catalogue for the retrospective exhibition at the National Art Museum of Ukraine, articles by Robert Morgan, Greg Kopelyan, Dmytro Horbachov
# Monograph "MIKHAIL TUROVSKY" (Introductory article by Xavier Xuriguera, text by Serge Lenczner), Editions Sauveur Attard, France
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# Catalogue for the retrospective exhibition at the National Art Museum of Ukraine, articles by Robert Morgan, Greg Kopelyan, Dmytro Horbachov

== External links ==
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* [http://turovsky.org/mikhail Personal website]
* {{Official website| https://mturovsky.com}}

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Latest revision as of 18:14, 30 October 2024

Mikhail Turovsky (Ukrainian: Михайло Туровський, Mykhaylo Turovsky; born in 1933 in Kyiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-American artist-painter, and writer-aphorist, resident in New York City since 1979.[1]

Biography

[edit]

Early life and education

[edit]

Mikhail Turovsky was born in 1933 in Kyiv into the family of Shaul Turovsky, a taylor.[2] During the Second World War, he was evacuated to Samarkand with his mother and an older brother. Although over the draft age, his father volunteered for active duty and was killed in action in 1943.

Turovsky attended the art school in Samarkand. His classmates included Ilya Kabakov (later a noted conceptualist artist).

Turovsky returned to Kyiv in 1944 and continued his studies at the Shevchenko State Art School. He later graduated from Kyiv Art Institute, where he studied under Tetyana Yablonska in 1960. He continued his postgraduate studies at the Moscow Academy of Art from 1965 until 1968.[3]

Career

[edit]

Turovsky commenced a prolific creative career in 1957, participating in numerous exhibitions of Ukrainian art in Kyiv, Moscow, as well as in many traveling exhibitions to Europe and Latin America. In 1962, he became a member of the Union of Artists of USSR.

Mikhail Turovsky forsook his official career for the sake of creative freedom and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1979. The Turovsky family first settled in the Bronx[4] and he resumed his work there. After that important move, his career developed rapidly. His international reputation grew as he exhibited in New York, Jerusalem, Paris, Brussels, Madrid, Venice, Arles[5] and other cities in Europe.

Mikhail Turovsky's work is represented in permanent collections of the National Art Museum of Ukraine in Kyiv, the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the Yad Vashem Memorial Art Museum in Jerusalem, the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University in New York, and the Notre Dame University Art Museum in Indiana, as well as many public and private collections. Among his well-known works are the cycle Holocaust, The End of an Utopia', many nudes, landscapes and still lifes; illustrations to the works of Ivan Franko, Vasyl Stefanyk, Aleksandr Blok, Sholom-Aleichem, Lion Feuchtwanger, Johannes Becher, and many other writers.

Honors

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  • In 2008, Turovsky was awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko[6]
  • In 2009, he was voted in as a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Art.[7]

Aphorist

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Turovsky is also the author of a collection of aphorisms, Itch of Wisdom (Hemlock Press, 1990) (originally published in Russian as Зуд Мудрости (Cikuta Press) in 1984).[8] This book is considered influential in its genre in Russian. Many excerpts from it have been included in the russophone aphoristica anthologies.

Examples:[9]

  • "The first ape who became a man thus committed treason against his own kind."
  • "Man is afraid of prison although he himself consists of cells."
  • "Oppression is the legitimate mother of liberation. There's no hiding from alimony."
  • "When your legs get weaker time starts running faster."
  • "Broken wings fit more easily in standard-size boxes."
  • "Death is so preoccupied with life, that it has no time for anything else."
  • "Now the Rubicon peacefully flows into the Styx."
  • "If you have got a fulcrum, there is no need to turn over the world."
  • "The longer a dead-end, the more it looks like a road."

Personal life

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He lives and works in New York City, with his wife Sophia.[10] He is the father of the painter and composer Roman Turovsky and the poet Genya Turovskaya.

References

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  1. ^ "Художник Михаил Туровский: "Жизнь - это подготовка к смерти"". www.jewish.ru. Archived from the original on 2015-05-23.
  2. ^ "Туровський Михайло" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2016-08-19.
  3. ^ "Результати пошуку: / Золотое Сечение".
  4. ^ "Roman Turovsky", accessed 12 Nov 2009
  5. ^ "Mikhail Turovsky Biographie".
  6. ^ "Михаил Туровский стал народным художником Украины" (in Ukrainian), accessed 13 Nov 2009
  7. ^ "Національна академія мистецтв України. МИХАЙЛО САУЛОВИЧ ТУРОВСЬКИЙ (США) — графік і живописець". academia.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 2011-02-04.
  8. ^ Itch of Wisdom. Hemlock Press. 1990. OL 25387002M.
  9. ^ Itch of Wisdom (Cicuta Press, 1986) pp.3-5
  10. ^ "Художник Михаил Туровский об успехе, которого ждал в Нью-Йорке 20 лет".

Literature

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  1. Mykhailo Turovsky. Plastic symphony. Painting and graphics : [exhibition catalogue] 11–31.08.2017. Kyiv : [Golden Section], 2017. 46 p. (in Ukrainian and English)
  2. Chelsea Art Museum Exhibition Catalogue (introductory essay by Serge Lenczner, NYC, USA)
  3. NOMI (Noviy Mir Iskusstva 4/45/2005, "Large Bodies: Great Success" by Serge Hollerbach, St. Petersburg, Russia)
  4. Monograph "MIKHAIL TUROVSKY" (Introductory article by Xavier Xuriguera, text by Serge Lenczner), Editions Sauveur Attard, France
  5. Catalogue for the retrospective exhibition at the National Art Museum of Ukraine, articles by Robert Morgan, Greg Kopelyan, Dmytro Horbachov
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