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1896 Borbruisk, Russia - 1941. Known for: Modernist town-landscape, genre, textile.
Born in Borbruisk, Russia, Leon Garland arrived in the United States in 1913 when he was seventeen years old. He settled in Chicago where he became a multi-faceted artist whose mediums included oil... Read full biography
Born in Borbruisk, Russia, Leon Garland arrived in the United States in 1913 when he was seventeen years old. He settled in Chicago where he became a multi-faceted artist whose mediums included oil painting, textile designs, batik, metal, lithography and stained glass. Throughout his career, he... Read full biography
Born in Borbruisk, Russia, Leon Garland arrived in the United States in 1913 when he was seventeen years old. He settled in Chicago where he became a multi-faceted artist whose mediums included oil painting, textile designs, batik, metal, lithography and stained glass. Throughout his career, he seemed disinterested in selling his work but was concerned about the critiques of his professional peers. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and also at Hull House School of Art where he later... Read full biography
Born in Borbruisk, Russia, Leon Garland arrived in the United States in 1913 when he was seventeen years old. He settled in Chicago where he became a multi-faceted artist whose mediums included oil painting, textile designs, batik, metal, lithography and stained glass. Throughout his career, he seemed disinterested in selling his work but was concerned about the critiques of his professional peers. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and also at Hull House School of Art where he later taught textile and metal crafts. There he met Sadie Ellis, who became his wife in 1927, and they traveled widely in Europe and studied in Paris at the Andre Lhote School. Garland's paintings focus on the potential dignity of human beings and his hope... Read full biography
Born in Borbruisk, Russia, Leon Garland arrived in the United States in 1913 when he was seventeen years old. He settled in Chicago where he became a multi-faceted artist whose mediums included oil painting, textile designs, batik, metal, lithography and stained glass. Throughout his career, he seemed disinterested in selling his work but was concerned about the critiques of his professional peers. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and also at Hull House School of Art where he later taught textile and metal crafts. There he met Sadie Ellis, who became his wife in 1927, and they traveled widely in Europe and studied in Paris at the Andre Lhote School. Garland's paintings focus on the potential dignity of human beings and his hope of seeing a better world. They are a reaction to his traumatic experiences in Russia where he saw many villages and their inhabitants dest... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesChicago Modern 1893-1945: Pursuit of the New
2004
(Exhibition catalog)Kennedy, Elizabeth (Editor)176 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesRole and Impact: The Chicago Society of Artists
1979Yochim, Louise Dunn297 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists
1940Ball, Charlotte (editor)790 pagesFrontiers of American Art: Works Progress Administration
1939
(Exhibition catalog)Parker, Thomas (De Young Mus)111 pagesNew Horizons in American Art (Federal Art Project exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, NY)
1936
(Exhibition catalog)Cahill, Holger (Introduction)171 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages