Marcos Blahove

Marcos Blahove - TYBEE ISLAND - Marcos Blahove was born in the Ukraine and was a resident of Tybee Island. He studied at the Academia Vicente Puig, Buenos Aires, and at the National Academy of Design. Marcos Blahove was a noted portrait artist whose paintings appear in the National Collection of Fine Arts and Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Navy Combat Art Collection, Washington, D.C.; Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Southampton College, Long Island University, New York; and at the Salmagundi Club, New York, where he was a member. He had done commissioned portraits of Aaron Copland, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford 2nd; Lt. Barbara A. Allen; and Bill Koghler, among others. He had one-man shows at the Galeria Americana, Buenos Aires; Fitzgerald Gallery, New York; and Attic Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina; and had exhibited his work in many group shows as well. His awards include the Purchase Prize, Artists Exhibit, Southampton College; the Eliot Liskin Award, Salmagundi Club; and the Museum of Fine Arts Commission Purchase Award, Portsmouth Museum. His work has been featured in American Artist. Mr. Blahove is survived by his wife, Raisa Blahove, son, Mark Blahove, and his wife Stacy, and granddaughter, Maria Blahove, all of Savannah. Funeral services will be conducted under the direction of Rendon-Hale Funeral Home in Lanham, Maryland. 301-577-7787. Rendon-Hale Funeral Home Savannah Morning News October 21, 2012 Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at savannahnow.com/obituaries.