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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.
Charles Green Shaw was an American artist who painted in the style of abstract expressionism. Shaw began his career as a writer and poet, but later became a painter. In the 1930s he was one of the organizers and members of a group of artists who experimented with abstract art in New York.
He is known for his painting compositions in which he used bright colors and geometric shapes. In the 1940s, Shaw became more interested in abstract art and began painting in the style of Abstract Expressionism. His work included large abstract paintings as well as a series of prints and lithographs.
Shaw was one of the first American artists whose work was recognized in Europe. In the 1950s he was recognized for his work in the genre of Abstract Expressionism and was invited to participate in numerous exhibitions around the world.