Russian-American painter (1907–1981)
Ilya Bolotowsky (July 1, 1907 – November 22, 1981) was an early 20th-century Russian-American painter inabstract styles in New York City. His work, a search for philosophical order through visual expression, embracedcubism andgeometric abstraction and was influenced by Dutch painterPiet Mondrian .
Born to Jewish parents inSt. Petersburg , Russia, Bolotowsky lived inBaku andConstantinople before immigrating to the United States in 1923, where he settled in New York City. He attended theNational Academy of Design .[ 1] [ 2] The Ten ", a group of artists includingLouis Schanker ,Adolph Gottlieb ,Mark Rothko ,Ben-Zion , andJoseph Solman who rebelled against the strictures of the Academy and held independent exhibitions.[ 3]
Bolotowsky was strongly influenced by Dutch painterPiet Mondrian [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] De Stijl , a movement that advocated the possibility of ideal order in thevisual arts . Bolotowsky adopted Mondrian's use of horizontal and verticalgeometric pattern and a palette restricted toprimary colors and neutrals.
Having turned to geometric abstractions, in 1936 Bolotowsky co-foundedAmerican Abstract Artists , acooperative formed to promote the interests of abstract painters and to increase understanding between themselves and the public.[ 7] [ 8]
Ilya Bolotowsky (left) Bolotowsky mural for the Williamsburg Housing Project Bolotowsky's 1936 mural for theWilliamsburg Housing Project in Brooklyn[ 9] Federal Art Project .[ 10]
In the 1960s, he began making three-dimensional forms, usually vertical and straight-sided. Bolotowsky's work was exhibited at theUniversity of New Mexico in 1970.[ 11]
Bolotowsky's first solo museum show was in 1974 at New York City'sGuggenheim Museum and went on to theNational Collection of Fine Arts .[ 1] [ 12] [ 13]
His work has been exhibited at theAnita Shapolsky Gallery in New York City.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
A Bolotowsky painting bought at aNorth Carolina Goodwill store for $9.99 was auctioned atSotheby's in September 2012 for $34,375.[ 21]
Bolotowsky taught atBlack Mountain College from 1946 to 1948.[ 22] [ 23] Kenneth Noland andRuth Asawa were among his students.[ 24] [ 25] [ 26] University of Wyoming ,Brooklyn College ,Hunter College , theSouthampton, New York campus ofLong Island University , the State University of New York at New Paltz, theUniversity of Wisconsin, Whitewater , and theUniversity of New Mexico .[ 27] [ 28]
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