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GENUSH, Luba
- Born
- Odessa, Ukraine, 1924
- Died
- Montreal, Quebec, 2021
- Biography synopsis
- Before immigrating to Canada in 1948 Luba Genush studied at the School of Fine Arts in Kiev as well as the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1943 to 1948. She settled in Montreal where she studied at the Musee des Beaux-Arts and the Ecole du Meuble under J. Cartier in 1956. Genush explored a variety of media including painting, printmaking, ceramics, collage and computer-assisted images. Her later work often combined the hard lines of computer-generated graphics with representations of the human figure pointing to the tie between humanity and technology. Genush's work has been shown nationally and internationally in many solo and group exhibitions.
- Media used
- Collage
- Computer art
- Drawing
- Mixed media
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Education
- Ecole du Meuble de Montreal, 1955 - 1956
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, School of Art and Design, 1958 - 1959
- Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, 1943 - 1948
- School of Fine Arts, Kiev, 1938 - 1941
- Memberships
- Societe des artistes professionels du Quebec
- Canadian Society of Graphic Art
- Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers
- Association des graveurs de Québec
- File & Archive locations
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- University of Manitoba - Architecture and Fine Arts Library
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
- Toronto Reference Library, ON
- Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation Centre
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Canadian Artists of Eastern European Origin. Montreal: Concordia University, 1998.
http://art-history.concordia.ca/eea/ - "Canadian Artists in Exhibitions." The National Artists Survey of Canada 2 (1974): 56-57
- Ayre, Robert. "The Art Scene: Canadian Exhibition at Place Ville Marie." Montreal Star 19 Oct. 1965
- Baele, Nancy. "Colorful Abstract Works Recall Russian Avant-Garde." The Ottawa Citizen 22 Sep 1992: D4
- Ballantyne, Michael. "La Femme Imagiste: The Women Painters of Quebec." Montreal Star Feb. 1965
- Belshaw, Linda. Graphex 3: 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition of Canadian Graphics Brantford, Ontario: Art Gallery of Brantford, 1975
- Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec. L'Estampe originale au Québec, 1980-1990. Montreal: Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec, 1991
- Buchanan, Donald W., et al. The Third Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art. Ottawa, Ontario: National Gallery of Canada, 1959
- Department of External Affairs, Cultural Affairs Division. Lines, circles and squares = Abstractions geometriques. Ottawa, Ontario: Cultural Affairs Division, Department of External Affairs, 1977
- Duncan, Ann. "Adopted City Cool to Ukrainian-born artist; Luba Genush Now Receives Most of her Recognition, Sales Abroad." The Gazette [Montreal] 13 Apr. 1991: K7
- Flint, Donna. "Housewife makes scrap metal art." The Gazette [Montreal] 3 Oct. 1966: 24
- Gérin, Annie, Vladimir Pavlovitch Tseltner, Ann Duncan et al. Montréal-Moscou: trois artistes, trois femmes, trois vagues, trois générations: Marina Popova, Luba Genush, Natasha Wrangel. Montreal, Quebec: Service des activités culturelles, Université de Montréal, 1992
- Heller, Jules. Imprint '76. Toronto, Ontario: The Print and Drawing Council of Canada, 1976
- Heller, Jules and Nancy. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century. New York: Garland, 1995.
- Lefebvre, Germain, Landori, Eva and Elie, Robert. Salon international de la Gravure : Montréal 1971/ International Exhibition of Graphics : Montréal 1971. Montreal, QC: Musée des Beaux-arts de Montréal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art, 1971
- Lehmann, Henry. "Soviet Origins Link Three Local Artists: Montreal-Moscow Exhibition will eventually be seen in Russia." The Gazette [Montreal] 15 Feb 1992: K5
- Luce, Davin. "How Did That Painting Get There? Luba Genush’s Mural at the Neuro." Library Matters (MCgill University" 19 Aug 2019
http://news.library.mcgill.ca/how-did-that-painting-get-there-luba-genushs-mural-at-the-mni/ - MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009.
- National Gallery of Canada. National Gallery of Canada Catalogue of Canadian Art. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1988
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- Purdie, James. "At The Galleries: Young Artists Full of Inventive Energy." The Globe and Mail 15 Apr 1978: 38
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- Robert, Guy. "L'Art au Québec depuis 1940" La Presse [Montreal] 1973
- Saint-Martin, Fernande, & Gail Lauzzana. Artfemme '75: An Exhibition of Women's Art. Montréal, Québec: Centre Saidye Bronfman; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 1975
- Tétrault, Pierre-Léon, et al.. Singulier pluriel. Montréal, Québec: Conseil québécoise de l'estampe, 1993
- Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Leipzig, Germany: E. A. Seamans, 1962
- Trickey, Mike. "Show Puts Montrealers' Art in Touch with Russian Roots." The Gazette [Montreal] 12 June 1993: L5
- Trickey, Mike. "Three Canadian Artists Return to Old Country to Find New Land." The Vancouver Sun 11 June 1993: C4
- Trickey, Mike. "Top Gallery Honors Trio of Montreal Muscovites." The Ottawa Citizen 13 June 1993: F1
- Tseltner, V.. Monreal-Moskva: N. Vrangel, L. Genush, M. Popova Moscow, Russia: Moskva Epifaniia, 1993
