Ilya Bolotowsky

Russian Federation  • 1907

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Ilya Bolotowsky is a painter who was born in 1907 and died in 1981. Born in Russia, his family moved to Baku and Istanbul, before settling in New York in 1923. It was there that he studied at the National Academy of Design. He was part of the group of artists "The Ten", alongside Louis Schanker, Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko and Joseph Solman. With them, he rebelled against the strict rules of the academy and participated in independent exhibitions.

His pieces are geometrically abstract. The objective of his artistic research is a philosophical order through visual expression. He was inspired by Piet Mondrian, from whom he adopted his horizontal and vertical lines and his restricted palette of colors. He also painted murals in Brooklyn.

His first solo exhibition in a museum took place at the prestigious Guggenheim Museum of New York in 1974. Today, his pieces are part of numerous museum collections all around the world, in France, India, Sweden, and London just to name a few.


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All artworks of Ilya Bolotowsky
Print, Series 1, Ilya Bolotowsky

Series 1

Ilya Bolotowsky

Print - 40 x 30.5 inch

$1,500

Painting, Blue Tondo, Ilya Bolotowsky

Blue Tondo

Ilya Bolotowsky

Painting - 32 x 32 x 1 inch

$45,000

Print, Series 4, Ilya Bolotowsky

Series 4

Ilya Bolotowsky

Print - 30 x 40 inch

$1,500

Print, Portfolio II, #2, Ilya Bolotowsky

Portfolio II, #2

Ilya Bolotowsky

Print - 21 x 29.5 inch

$1,200

Print, Series 6, Ilya Bolotowsky

Series 6

Ilya Bolotowsky

Print - 30 x 40 inch

$1,600

Print, Series 7, Ilya Bolotowsky

Series 7

Ilya Bolotowsky

Print - 40 x 30.5 inch

$1,600

Print, Blue Diamond II, Ilya Bolotowsky

Blue Diamond II

Ilya Bolotowsky

Print - 22 x 30 inch

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Print, Series 5, Ilya Bolotowsky

Series 5

Ilya Bolotowsky

Print - 30.5 x 40 inch

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Print, Two Blue Tondos, Ilya Bolotowsky

Two Blue Tondos

Ilya Bolotowsky

Print - 25.5 x 35 inch

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Print, Black Diamond, Ilya Bolotowsky

Black Diamond

Ilya Bolotowsky

Print - 28.5 x 28.5 x 1 inch

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Print, Series 8, Ilya Bolotowsky

Series 8

Ilya Bolotowsky

Print - 40 x 30.5 inch

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Who is the artist?

Ilya Bolotowsky is a painter who was born in 1907 and died in 1981. Born in Russia, his family moved to Baku and Istanbul, before settling in New York in 1923. It was there that he studied at the National Academy of Design. He was part of the group of artists "The Ten", alongside Louis Schanker, Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko and Joseph Solman. With them, he rebelled against the strict rules of the academy and participated in independent exhibitions.

His pieces are geometrically abstract. The objective of his artistic research is a philosophical order through visual expression. He was inspired by Piet Mondrian, from whom he adopted his horizontal and vertical lines and his restricted palette of colors. He also painted murals in Brooklyn.

His first solo exhibition in a museum took place at the prestigious Guggenheim Museum of New York in 1974. Today, his pieces are part of numerous museum collections all around the world, in France, India, Sweden, and London just to name a few.

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What is Ilya Bolotowsky’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Colorful Geometric Painters, Suprematism

When was Ilya Bolotowsky born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1907