SAMUEL OSTROWSKY. Ostrowsky was born at Malin, near Kiev, Russia on May 5, 1885 or 1886. Vladimir Donatovitch Orolovski (1842-1914), a Russian landscapist, was the first to promote a shy country boy... Read full biography
SAMUEL OSTROWSKY. Ostrowsky was born at Malin, near Kiev, Russia on May 5, 1885 or 1886. Vladimir Donatovitch Orolovski (1842-1914), a Russian landscapist, was the first to promote a shy country boy named Samuel Ostrowsky, by introducing him to Kiev's academy. All went smoothly until a fire... Read full biography
SAMUEL OSTROWSKY. Ostrowsky was born at Malin, near Kiev, Russia on May 5, 1885 or 1886. Vladimir Donatovitch Orolovski (1842-1914), a Russian landscapist, was the first to promote a shy country boy named Samuel Ostrowsky, by introducing him to Kiev's academy. All went smoothly until a fire destroyed the humble home of his parents — the young painter left for Chicago to live with an uncle, who ousted him for not accepting an industrial job (George, n. d., p. 10). After some preliminary training... Read full biography
SAMUEL OSTROWSKY. Ostrowsky was born at Malin, near Kiev, Russia on May 5, 1885 or 1886. Vladimir Donatovitch Orolovski (1842-1914), a Russian landscapist, was the first to promote a shy country boy named Samuel Ostrowsky, by introducing him to Kiev's academy. All went smoothly until a fire destroyed the humble home of his parents — the young painter left for Chicago to live with an uncle, who ousted him for not accepting an industrial job (George, n. d., p. 10). After some preliminary training at the Art Institute of Chicago and a period of designing sets in New York, Ostrowsky crossed the Atlantic again to be trained in the Académie Julian and spent three years in France. He exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1914. Evelyn Marie Stuart's... Read full biography
SAMUEL OSTROWSKY. Ostrowsky was born at Malin, near Kiev, Russia on May 5, 1885 or 1886. Vladimir Donatovitch Orolovski (1842-1914), a Russian landscapist, was the first to promote a shy country boy named Samuel Ostrowsky, by introducing him to Kiev's academy. All went smoothly until a fire destroyed the humble home of his parents — the young painter left for Chicago to live with an uncle, who ousted him for not accepting an industrial job (George, n. d., p. 10). After some preliminary training at the Art Institute of Chicago and a period of designing sets in New York, Ostrowsky crossed the Atlantic again to be trained in the Académie Julian and spent three years in France. He exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1914. Evelyn Marie Stuart's article in 1916 gives a good idea of Ostrowsky's early work, which was his impressionist phase. Ostrowsky expr... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (15)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
American Paintings from the Hainsworth Collection
2005
Love, Richard; Michael Worley, Ph.D
157 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Annual & Biennial Exhibition Record of the Whitney Museum of Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1918-1989) (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor); Andrea Ansell Bien
468 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Role and Impact: The Chicago Society of Artists
1979
Yochim, Louise Dunn
297 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1947
1947
Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)
685 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)