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ON OUR COVER "St. G eorge's Basilica on a Christm as N ig h t" by Kateryna Krychevska-R osan- dich has also been reproduced on Christm as cards. Ms. Rosandich, a pro m ine nt Ukrainian artist, is know n not on ly in U krainian circles but has also gained reco gn ition in m any cou ntrie s th ro u g h o u t the w orld. Toda y her w orks are in private co lle ctio n s in Austria, A rgentina, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, S w itzer land, the U.S.A. and even Japan. Kateryna Krychevska comes from a long line o f Ukrainian artists. Her father, Wasyl Krychevsky, was a w e ll-kn ow n painter, gra ph ic artist, and scenic designer. M ykola Krychevsky, her uncle, distinguished him self as a w a te rco lo r painter in Paris. G rand fathe r Wasyl K ry chevsky was a painter, arch ite ct and a u th o rity on fo lk art. His brother, Fedir, was a fam ous a rtist and a professor at the U krainian Academ y o f Art. Born in Ukraine in 1926, Ms. Kry- chevska-R osandich began to paint as a WOMAN MOTRIA KUSHNIR VIEWS & NEWS IN W OM AN 'S WORLD For the 500 workers employed by New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Company, Saturday, March 25,1911, began just like any other working day. In the early dawn hours, they filed into the Asch Building and squeezed into the rickety elevator which took them to the se venth, eighth and ninth floors of the building, where the Triangle Factory was housed. By 5:00 AM the employees were at their sewing machines. They expected to leave work at seven in the evening, as usual. But at about 4:30 in the afternoon, the muffled sound of an explosion was heard coming from the Asch Building. Smoke came billowing from the top-story win dows. A passer-by looked up to see what he thought was a ’’bale of dark dress goods” being tossed from an eighth-floor window. Then, the screams began. One worker after another jumped to her death trying to es cape the now blazing fire. Rescue efforts by the fire department were totally ineffectual. The firefighters’ ladders could reach only as high as the sixth story. Those trapped on the floors above were instructed to jump into blankets and rescue nets, only to impact of their weight tear through the fabric, leaving the victims shattered, bleeding and life less. William Shepherd of the United Press reported that: ’’The floods of water from the firemen’s hoses that ran into the gutter were actually red with blood.” When finally the fire was extinguished, the walls of the modern, supposedly fire-proof building remained unharmed. But throughout the night, ambulances rushed back and forth from the scene of the tragedy to child, under the guidance o f her parents. Later she studied art in Kiev, Prague and Heidelberg. W hile visiting U krainian v il lages, she had the o p p o rtu n ity to ob serve the manners and custom s o f the people, note the appearance o f the v il lage house, and fall in love w ith the beauty o f nature in Ukraine. Even now, her works, although painted from m emo ry, reflect that love and d e pict U kraine as it is etched in the heart o f the artist. Ms. K rychevska-R osandich's firs t show was in Kiev in 1943, and later, in Maheim, G ermany, her w o rks were awarded second prize. In 1949 the Krychevskys im m igrated to the U.S.A. and from that tim e Ms. Krychevska- Rosandich has con tinu ed her w ork w ith in the Ukrainian com m u nity. She has participated in m any U N W LA-organized art shows in New York. Her independent shows always feature w orks w ith U krai nian themes. Ms. Krychevska-R osan dich's w ork is praised by critics, among them Ukrainian artists H o rdynsky, Kusma, A ndrusiw , and Keyvan. the hospital carrying the injured, while the police re moved the bodies of those who had burned or suffocated in the factory above and of those who had been killed in the street below. The death toll was 146, mostly women and girls, many no older than eight years of age. Grief and horror characterized the initial response of the public, as well as the newspapers. But anger and outrage swelled as the reasons for the catastrophe were reported. No fire drills had ever been organized in the building; no sprinkler system had ever been installed; doors opened inward rather than out. The inadequate and poorly constructed fire-escapes had twisted and broken under the weight of those fleeing the fire. Most shocking of all was the fact that Triangle’s owners had a policy of locking all exit doors to the factory to keep union organizers out and the women in — preventing them, management claimed, from stealing and loitering in the stairwells. Memorial marches, protest meetings and relief campaigns were organized throughout New York City. Thousands of grief-stricken and angry people partici pated. The Women’s Trade Union League sponsored the largest memorial meeting, held at the Metropolitan Opera House. Resolutions were passed calling for a state bureau of fire prevention, additional factory in spectors and immediate legislation to protect workers and to provide worker’s compensation. Not until three years later, in 1913, after constant Катерина Кричевська-Росандіч. Дівчина. Акварепя
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