Irene Pasinski (1924-2002)

“Interplay” 

Oil on board

1955

Pittsburgh, PA USA 

19.5”H x 23.5”W 

20.5”H x 24.5”W as framed 

Vintage condition. Some minor scuffs to painting and cracking to paint. Two small holes in top of frame. Please see photos for best understanding of condition. Signed “Pasinski 55” to lower right and on reverse with title. 

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Irene Pasinski Bio:

(Source: Heinz History Center)

Irene Pasinski Sailer was an artist, the founder of Irene Pasinski Associates, and a founder of the Carnival of Three Rivers which later became the Three Rivers Regatta. She was born on October 14, 1923 to Anthony and Mary Waichler. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1945 from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University, she attended Ecole du Louvre, and Institut d'Art Applique a l'Industrie in Paris, France on a Fulbright Fellowship. Pasinski returned to Pittsburgh and founded Irene Pasinski Associates, a product design firm, in 1956 where she remained the director until 1995. Her firm designed products for Lenox China and The Franklin Mint, among others, and designed signage for the Pittsburgh International Airport.

While building her business, Pasinski concentrated on her career as an artist exhibiting in Pittsburgh and New York and serving as a board member and as a president of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. She began in the 1940s by creating abstract impressionistic paintings. Later, she worked in mixed media sculptural and relief forms. Pasinski's influence in Pittsburgh went beyond the art world. She initiated the Carnival of Three Rivers in 1976 which became the Three Rivers Regatta, an annual event since 1977. Pasinski also served on the board of directors of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts where she was also president.

Pasinski died on June 19, 2002 in Turtle Creek, Pa. She was preceded in death by two husbands; Edmund Pasinski and Paul G. Sailer.