Artworks by Ilya Bolotowsky at Washburn Gallery on artnet

Ilya Bolotowsky

(American/Russian, 1907–1981)

Ilya Bolotowsky

Cobalt Violet, 1938

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Abstraction in Pink, 1939

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Ilya Bolotowsky

City Rectangle, 1948

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Ilya Bolotowsky

WPA Mural Williamsburg Housing Project, 1936–1980

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Umber, 1938–1939

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Blue Squares with Red, Black & White, 1980

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Black and White Ellipse, 1963

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Black Light, 1950

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Abstraction in Three Reds, 1980

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Architectural Diamond, ca. 1950

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Untitled, 1975–1979

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Blue Rhomb, 1981

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Red Rectangle with White and Blue, 1981

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Blue Diamond, 1981

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Last Completed Painting, 1981

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Untitled Diamond, 1981

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Tondo with Red Rectangle, 1981

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Ilya Bolotowsky

White Diamond, 1973

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Biography

Timeline

1907: Born in Petrograd, Russia
1921 - 1923: Studied at the College of St. Joseph, Istanbul, Turkey
1923: Emigrated to the United States
1924 - 1930: Studied at the National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1929: Naturalized U.S. Citizen
1946 - 1948: Acting Head of Department, Black Mountain College, Asheville, NC
1948 - 1957: Associate Professor of Art, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
1954 - 1956: Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
1957 - 1965: Professor of art, State Teachers' College, New Paltz, New York, NY
1963 - 1964: Adjunct Professor of Art, Hunter College, New York, NY
1965 - 1971: Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
1969: Visiting Professor of Art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1973: Adjunct Professor, Queens College, New York, NY
1978: Artist-In-Residence, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
1981: Died in New York, NY

Exhibitions

2009: Gallery Selections, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
2008: Gallery Selections Summer 2008, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
New York Cool: Paintings and Sculptures from the NYU Art Collection, Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York, NY
MAXImin, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain
New American Abstraction 1960-1975, GARY SNYDER / Project Space, New York, NY
Masters of Abstraction, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
2007: Ilya Bolotowsky: Centenary Exhibition, Paintings and Films, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York , NY (solo)
Conflicting Current: Aspects of American Art 1920-1950, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2006: Autour du Blanc. Exposition de goupe, Galerie Lahumière, Paris, France
Black Mountain College, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Outside Europe, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Paper Works by Abstract Masters, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
Modernism: The Aesthetic of Change: Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004: New York School Artists: work of 50's & 60's, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
2003: Selected American Graphic Prints from the Lincoln Center Collection, City Art Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Park Avenue Cubists & Friends, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
2002: RETROSPECTACLE, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1995: Referencing Mondrian no. 1: Ilya Bolotowsky, Burgoyne Diller, Fritz Glamer, Harry Holtzman, Charmion von Wiegand, Washurn Gallery, New York, NY
1991: Group Show, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
1987: Ilya Bolotowsky, Washburn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1984: Ilya Bolotowsky Retrospective, Institute of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX (solo)
1978: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
1974: Ilya Bolotowsky, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)
1971: Paintings and Screenprints, London Arts Gallery, London, UK
1970: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
1964: Art Depot Gallery, Grangeville, NY
1950: The Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY
1943: As We See Them: Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Portraits, Inc. New York, NY
1938: Second Annual Membership Exhibition, American Artists Congress, John Wanamaker Gallery, New York, NY
The Ten, Georgette Passedoit Gallery, New York, NY
1937: Second Annual Exhibition: The Ten, Montross Gallery, New York, NY
1936: New Horizons in American Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1930: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Eleventh Exhibition, Anderson Galleries, Inc. New York, NY
G.R.D. Studios, New York, NY
1929: G.R.D. Studios, New York, NY
Christodora House, New York, NY

Public Collections

: J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
: Lyman Alyn Museum, New London, CT
: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
: Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Al
: Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
: Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT
: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
: Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
: Musee d'Art Moderne, Ceret, France
: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
: Museum of Fine Arts, Calcutta, India
: New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
: Societe Anonyme Yale University, New Haven, CT
: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il
: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
: Gotheborg Museum, Gotheborg, Sweden
: Jerusalem Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
: Michener Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX
: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
: Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
: Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
: San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NB
: Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
: Newark Museum Association, Newark, NJ
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

Ilya Bolotowsky

(American/Russian, 1907–1981)

Ilya Bolotowsky

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

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