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Lillian Orlowsky

Lillian Orlowsky (1914 - 2004) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts.  Lillian Orlowsky is known for Black American theme performance art, layered drawing.

Biography photo for Lillian Orlowsky
The following obituary notice, submitted August 2004, is courtesy of Jim Keefe.

LILLIAN ORLOWSKY

PROVINCETOWN - Lillian Orlowsky died Saturday, August 7, 2004 at home in Provincetown after a long and productive life in the arts as a painter, teacher, curator, critic and mentor in both Provincetown and New York.  She was 89.

Born in New York City, she and her late husband, artist William Freed, came to Provincetown in 1938 to study with noted artist Hans Hofmann.  For the rest of their lives they spent six months in New York City and six months in the house/studio they built in 1960 in Provincetown.

In the last week of her life, a show of her oils from the 1940s and 1950s opened at Cherry Stone Gallery in Wellfleet where it will be shown until mid August.  A profile of her has just appeared in the Provincetown Arts Magazine and a recent interview with her will be aired by WOMR (92.1 FM) Provincetown on August 13th.  She was schedule   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9916 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Lillian Orlowsky available:    William Freed,  Jim (James Alfred) Forsberg,  Nanno De Groot,  Tony Vevers,  Leo Manso,  Bruce McKain,  Robert Beauchamp,  Herman Maril,  Charles Heinz,  James Hansen,  Oliver Newberry Chaffee Jr,  Peter Busa,  Agnes Weinrich,  Nancy Webb,  Joyce Johnson,  Emily Farnham,  LaForce Bailey,  Sol Wilson,  Karl Knaths,  Ross Moffett,  Joseph Kaplan,  Dorothy Lake Gregory,  Romanos Rizk,  Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell



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Keywords and Quick Facts for Lillian Orlowsky


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  • Europe
  • Japan
  • Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Teacher
  • Anton Refregier
  • Hans Hofmann
  • Moses Soyer
  • Raphael Soyer
Art School
  • American Artists School, New York, Student
  • Hans Hofmann School of Art, Student
  • National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
  • New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Allied Artists of America
  • Provincetown Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art

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