Helen Covensky Art
American, Polish, 1925-2007
Helen Covensky was born Hanka Ciesla, the daughter of a cultured Jewish family in Poland that supported her early interest in art. The Second World War changed her life completely. Her parents and sister died in concentration camps. Only she and her brother, David, survived.
In 1967, the outbreak of the Six-Day War in the Middle East led to a resurfacing of Covensky's feelings about her experiences in World War II. She had family living in Israel, and the fears of loss that she remembered from more than twenty years earlier came back in force. She felt that she had to express her emotions through some artistic medium, and with the encouragement of her husband, Milton; and a close friend, she began to paint. Helen’s paintings can be found at the State Department in Washington, D.C., The Detroit Institute of Arts and numerous private collections.
""In my lifetime, I have witnessed a world of extreme change which saw great destruction and rebirth: world war, a terrible holocaust, the displacement of millions of people, and the loss of my loved ones are part of this experience. The United States gave me the opportunity to search for growth, equality, and self-awareness.
My paintings are always in process. They are ""action paintings"". In them, I sense and feel the flow of life as an inner experience and vision. Just as nature and life cannot be frozen, my paintings affirm the vital energy, dynamism, magic, and mystery of my world. I seek to capture a sense of constant motion and restlessness through the use I seek to capture a sense of constant motion and restlessness through the use of form, color, composition, and texture.
Painting for me is an absolute necessity, expressing personal needs, a constant struggle, and a never-ending search to portray the reaffirmation of life.” - Helen Ciesla Covenskyto
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Artist: Helen Covensky
FLOWERS V
By Helen Covensky
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 250.
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When The Rain Is Over And Gone, Lithograph by Helen Covensky
By Helen Covensky
Located in Long Island City, NY
When The Rain Is Over And Gone
Helen Covensky, Polish/American (1925–2007)
Date: 1980
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 225
Size: 23 ...
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1980s Contemporary Helen Covensky Art
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Lithograph
Red Petals, Flower Lithograph by Helen Covensky
By Helen Covensky
Located in Long Island City, NY
Red Petals
Helen Covensky, Polish/American (1925–2007)
Date: 1980
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 225, AP
Image Size: 17.5 x 28 inc...
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1970s Contemporary Helen Covensky Art
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Flowers IV, Lithograph by Helen Covensky
By Helen Covensky
Located in Long Island City, NY
Flowers IV
Helen Covensky, Polish/American (1925–2007)
Date: 1980
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 225
Image Size: 18 x 26 inches
Si...
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1970s Contemporary Helen Covensky Art
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Lithograph
Flowers V, Lithograph by Helen Covensky
By Helen Covensky
Located in Long Island City, NY
Flowers V
Helen Covensky, Polish/American (1925–2007)
Date: circa 1978
Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 250
Size: 23.5 in....
Category
1970s Contemporary Helen Covensky Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sandra's Fantasy, Flower Lithograph by Helen Covensky
By Helen Covensky
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sandra’s Fantasy
Helen Covensky, Polish/American (1925–2007)
Date: 1980
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 225
Image Size: 19 x 26 inc...
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1970s Contemporary Helen Covensky Art
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Lithograph
Yellow Spring
By Helen Covensky
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Helen Covensky, Polish/American (1925 - 2007)
Title: Yellow Spring
Year: 1980
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 225
Ima...
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1980s Contemporary Helen Covensky Art
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Lithograph
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