Ilia Bolotovskii (1907 - 1981)
Ilia Bolotovskii
Ilia Bolotovskii (russian: Илья Юльевич Болотовский) was a Russian-born American abstractionist painter.
After spending his youth in Baku, he moved to the United States in 1923, later becoming an American citizen. Bolotovskii received his artistic education at the National Academy of Drawing in New York and while traveling in Europe. Influenced by the work of P. Mondrian began to create objectless paintings and later remained an adherent of abstractionism, was a member of the abstract-expressionist group "Ten".
In 1936 Bolotovskii created one of the first abstract monumental murals in the United States in the Williamsburg housing project in New York. That same year he co-founded the American Abstract Artists organization. In the 1960s, Bolotovskii worked in the spirit of geometric abstractionism and neo-plasticism and created canvases with images in three dimensions.
| Date and place of birt: | 1 july 1907, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| Date and place of death: | 22 november 1981, New York City, USA |
| Nationality: | Russia, USA, Russian Empire |
| Period of activity: | XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
| Art school / group: | American Abstract Artists |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Neoplasticism, Contemporary art |
