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Theodore Wacyk Collection |
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Scope: 1898-1992 |
The Theodore Wacyk collection is comprised of personal documents pertaining to his birth, schooling and marriage; biographical material to accompany his exhibits; and correspondence between Bohdan Tomkiw and various organizations regarding Wacyk's art work. The bulk of the collection includes photographs of his art work and family; and original charcoal and ink drawings, pastels, and oil paintings.
Theodor Wacyk was born to Ioakhym and Martsella Volynets on April
11, 1886, in the town Kolodiivka, Skalat county, Galicia. He studied
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland, from 1904 to 1909.
Afterwards, he continued his studies in Vienna, Munich, and Venice.
During the First World War, he served in the Austrian and Ukrainian
armies. Following the war, he moved with his first wife to Italy,
then Czechoslovakia, where he was a professor in the School of Art.
Wacyk married his second wife, Margarethe Anna Neubauer, on Feb.
11, 1933. From 1935 to 1942 they lived in Ternopil, and from 1942
until his death in Plattling, Bavaria, West Germany. He died there
on June 22, 1968. |
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