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1908 Tcheliabinsk, Russia - 2002 Glen Head, New York. Known for: Assemblage, geometric abstract painting, illustration.
Married to abstract painter Ilya Bolotowsky in 1933, Esphyr Slobidkina was a textile designer of clearly defined stylized forms, illustrator, and painter in abstract style. She also created abstract... Read full biography
Married to abstract painter Ilya Bolotowsky in 1933, Esphyr Slobidkina was a textile designer of clearly defined stylized forms, illustrator, and painter in abstract style. She also created abstract collages, wrote and illustrated books, and was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) artist. She... Read full biography
Married to abstract painter Ilya Bolotowsky in 1933, Esphyr Slobidkina was a textile designer of clearly defined stylized forms, illustrator, and painter in abstract style. She also created abstract collages, wrote and illustrated books, and was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) artist. She came to the United States at the age of twenty from Russia. She was a founding member of the American Abstract Artist Group, which included Josef Albers, Ad Reinhardt, Willem de Kooning and Jackson... Read full biography
Married to abstract painter Ilya Bolotowsky in 1933, Esphyr Slobidkina was a textile designer of clearly defined stylized forms, illustrator, and painter in abstract style. She also created abstract collages, wrote and illustrated books, and was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) artist. She came to the United States at the age of twenty from Russia. She was a founding member of the American Abstract Artist Group, which included Josef Albers, Ad Reinhardt, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollack. Slobodkina also enjoyed a career as a children's book author and illustrator. Her most famous book was the classic Caps For Sale published in 1938. Source: . Art in America, October, 2002. Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art... Read full biography
Married to abstract painter Ilya Bolotowsky in 1933, Esphyr Slobidkina was a textile designer of clearly defined stylized forms, illustrator, and painter in abstract style. She also created abstract collages, wrote and illustrated books, and was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) artist. She came to the United States at the age of twenty from Russia. She was a founding member of the American Abstract Artist Group, which included Josef Albers, Ad Reinhardt, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollack. Slobodkina also enjoyed a career as a children's book author and illustrator. Her most famous book was the classic Caps For Sale published in 1938. Source: . Art in America, October, 2002. Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art... Read full biography
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Married to abstract painter Ilya Bolotowsky in 1933, Esphyr Slobidkina was a textile designer of clearly defined stylized forms, illustrator, and painter in abstract style. She also created abstract collages, wrote and illustrated books, and was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) artist.
She came to the United States at the age of twenty from Russia. She was a founding member of the American Abstract Artist Group, which included Josef Albers, Ad Reinhardt, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollack.
Slobodkina also enjoyed a career as a children's book author and illustrator. Her most famous book was the classic Caps For Sale published in 1938.
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