ILYA BOLOTOWSKY | REMEMBRANCE

Private Collection, New York

Russian-born painter Ilya Bolotowsky is known for his geometric compositions and as a founding member of the American Abstract Artists. Bolotowsky immigrated to the United States in 1923, where he began studying at the National Academy of Design in New York City and would work as a textile designer while pursuing his own artistic pursuits. In the 1930s the artist came into contact with and was heavily influenced by the work of Mondrian and Miró, shaping his work from then on. Remembrance is one of the few remaining examples of the artist’s work from the 1940s, carrying a distinct rather than descriptive title as was later his tendency, and compositionally reflecting his transition between his biomorphic and geometric periods by incorporating distinct elements from both styles.