William Yenkevich

William Michael Yenkevich paints in the Traditional Realist Style using the academic approach of the Old Masters of the 15th thru 19th centuries.
He is one of those rare talented individuals who is entirely self-taught. Like a singer born with perfect pitch, he is gifted with an innate understanding of form, color, design, perspective and proportion. His ability to then translate his perceptions, utilizing the visual language of classical painting, is flawless. Light is his muse and the Old Masters no doubt his inspiration. With his meticulously crafted form with highlights and shadows, he illuminates each painting with his use of optical grays and subtle glazes. There is a certain intimacy and pastoral ease in Yenkevich's paintings. For in his world he promotes order, clarity, pureness, perfection, and passion.

William Yenkevich is entirely self-taught in the fine arts.
Attended Columbus College Of Art and Design in Ohio for Illustration. Also completed a 3 year course in illustration at Famous Artists Schools.

His paintings and drawings have been exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad, including the Federal Building in New York City; The Salmagundi Club in New York City; The American Artist’s Professional League in New York City; The American Artist Gallery in Wayne, PA and Santa Fe, New Mexico; The Morgan Gallery of Fine Art in Blakeslee, PA; the Louisa Melrose Gallery in Frenchtown, NJ; the Afa Gallery in Scranton; the Carroll Siple Gallery in Denver, Colorado; College Misericordia in Dallas, PA; the Scanticon/Princeton Convention Center; Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA; Reading Public Musum in Reading, PA; and the Pennsylvania State University/Hazleton Campus in Hazleton, PA.
In addition, his work is in many private, public and corporate collections, including Pennsylvania State University/Hazleton Campus, Sargent Art Corp., in Hazleton, PA., Markle Gallery of the Hazleton Art League in Hazleton, PA. and College Misericordia in Dallas, PA.
2015 - 2016 MASTERWORKS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL GUILD OF REALISM EXHIBITION
MAY 19 - July 26, 2015
The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA

September 1 October 31, 2015
The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala...