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1909 Szenstochowa, Poland - 1992 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Modernist-leaning landscape.
Painter, ceramist. Born in Szenstochowa, Poland on Sept. 1, 1909. Pillin immigrated to Chicago in 1924. She studied there at the AIC and Jewish Peoples Institute. She was based in Santa Fe, NM during... Read full biography
Painter, ceramist. Born in Szenstochowa, Poland on Sept. 1, 1909. Pillin immigrated to Chicago in 1924. She studied there at the AIC and Jewish Peoples Institute. She was based in Santa Fe, NM during the 1930s but made painting trips to California. Leaving Chicago in 1948, she settled in Los... Read full biography
Painter, ceramist. Born in Szenstochowa, Poland on Sept. 1, 1909. Pillin immigrated to Chicago in 1924. She studied there at the AIC and Jewish Peoples Institute. She was based in Santa Fe, NM during the 1930s but made painting trips to California. Leaving Chicago in 1948, she settled in Los Angeles where she remained until her death on July 25, 1992. Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1939; AIC, 1947, 1948; SFMA, 1948; LACMA, 1948, 1950; Oakland Museum, 1950; Calif. State Fair, 1951 (prize).... Read full biography
Painter, ceramist. Born in Szenstochowa, Poland on Sept. 1, 1909. Pillin immigrated to Chicago in 1924. She studied there at the AIC and Jewish Peoples Institute. She was based in Santa Fe, NM during the 1930s but made painting trips to California. Leaving Chicago in 1948, she settled in Los Angeles where she remained until her death on July 25, 1992. Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1939; AIC, 1947, 1948; SFMA, 1948; LACMA, 1948, 1950; Oakland Museum, 1950; Calif. State Fair, 1951 (prize). WWAA 1940-63. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
Painter, ceramist. Born in Szenstochowa, Poland on Sept. 1, 1909. Pillin immigrated to Chicago in 1924. She studied there at the AIC and Jewish Peoples Institute. She was based in Santa Fe, NM during the 1930s but made painting trips to California. Leaving Chicago in 1948, she settled in Los Angeles where she remained until her death on July 25, 1992. Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1939; AIC, 1947, 1948; SFMA, 1948; LACMA, 1948, 1950; Oakland Museum, 1950; Calif. State Fair, 1951 (prize). WWAA 1940-63. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
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Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Art Pottery
- •Bronze
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition of Art Association
- •San Francisco Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York