Konstantyn Szonk-Rusych papers

Konstantyn Szonk-Rusych was a Ukrainian American artist and art historian. This collection consists of photographs, ephemera, publications, and realia.

Summary Information

CreatorShonk-Rusych, Kost'
TitleKonstantyn Szonk-Rusych papers
IDg.69
Datesundetermined
Quantity0.25 Linear Feet
LanguagesMultiple languages .
RepositoryUkrainian History and Education Center Archives

Biographical / Historical

Konstantyn Szonk-Rusych was a Ukrainian American enamel artist and art historian. He was born in 1915 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine (then the Russian Empire). In the late 1930s, he studied cinematography at the Kyiv Film Studio. During the Second World War, he was a displaced person and resettled in the United States in 1949. In addition to his enamel work, he collected and researched ancient Ukrainian art, and wrote and published several works on art history, as well as the art magazine "Nash Litopys".

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs, ephemera, articles about Szonk, publications edited by Szonk, and realia.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Konstantyn Szonk-Rusych papers; box number; folder number; Ukrainian History and Education Center Archives, Somerset, New Jersey.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unprocessed. Please contact the archivist (archives@ukrhec.org) for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These materials were separated from a donation to the UHEC Patriarch Mstyslav Museum from the estate of the artist.