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Ilya Bolotowsky

artist (1907-1981)
Person human Q4091000

Facts

29 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
July 1, 1907
Date of death
November 22, 1981
Place of birth
Saint Petersburg
Place of death
Lower East Side
Country of citizenship
United States, Russian Empire, Soviet Union[9][10][11]
Occupation
painter, draftsperson
Employer
Long Island University, Black Mountain College[13][14]
Field of work
painting[12]
Educated at
National Academy of Design[15]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship[16]
Spouse
Esphyr Slobodkina[8]
Work location
United States[25]
Artist files at
Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright representative
reproduction right represented by CISAC-member[31]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
End of work period
1974[27]
Family name
Wikidata item[23]
Given name
Ilya, Ilya[24]
Has works in the collection
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Carnegie Museum of Art, Brauer Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Cleveland Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Saint Louis Art Museum, Toledo Museum of Art, Worcester Art Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Ackland Art Museum, Israel Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art, Picker Art Gallery, Print Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections, Brooklyn Museum[32][33]
Influenced by
De Stijl[19]
Member of
American Abstract Artists, American Academy of Arts and Letters[17][18]
Movement
abstract art[21]
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On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files, WikiProject New York Public Library[28][29][30]
Oral history at
George Mason University Libraries Special Collections Research Center
Place of burial
Baku[7]
Residence
Lower East Side[22]
Start of work period
1930[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Elias Bolotowsky en Ilija Boltovsky en Ilya Bolotovsky en Ilya Bolotowsky en Ilya Boltovsky nl Ilija Boltovsky pl Ilya Bolotowski pl Ilya Bolotowsky ru Болотовский, Илья ru Болотовский, Илья Юльевич ru Илья Болотовский ru Илья Юльевич Болотовский
🔖 Identifiers · 62
ISNI
0000000114920092
VIAF cluster ID
54956693
Library of Congress authority ID
n50060992
GND ID
119377454
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Archives of American Art - Ilya Bolotowsky - 3143 CROPPED.jpg ↗
ADAGP artist ID
ilya-bolotowsky-5636
ARTIC artist ID
33682
AbART person ID
60030
American National Biography ID
1701388
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/91442
ArtBrokerage artist ID
Ilya-Bolotowsky
Artcyclopedia artist ID
bolotowsky_ilya
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Artist-info artist ID
92220
Artnet artist ID
ilya-bolotowsky
Artsy artist ID
ilya-bolotowsky
AskArt person ID
30014
Awards & Winners artist ID
0fzjrj
Benezit ID
B00022267
Bridgeman artist ID
8701
British Museum person or institution ID
20105
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
bolotowsky-ilya
Christie's creator ID
12780
Cooper Hewitt person ID
18057051
DACS ID (2022)
005672
DACS ID (former)
7f9ac971-305c-df11-9cbd-00237d073984
Europeana entity
agent/base/88246
FAST ID
1727414
Freebase ID
/m/0fzjrj
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991002675669707141, 991007813749707141
Grove Art Online ID
T009753
Guggenheim fellows ID
ilya-bolotowsky
ISFDB author ID
119562
IdRef ID
185419534
Invaluable.com person ID
hruzbcnj7w
Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID
2083
Libraries Australia ID
35020023
Met Constituent ID
143013
Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID
13003
Munzinger person ID
00000014281
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
648
MutualArt artist ID
02054BA282E28604
NLA Trove people ID
794302
National Gallery of Art artist ID
6839
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007507973005171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
131389351
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID
5752
Online Books Page author ID
Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981
OpenMLOL author ID
211100
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095516167
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
18930
Prabook ID
1048363
RKDartists ID
10172
SNAC ARK ID
w654306k
Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
370
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
489
Union List of Artist Names ID
500014068
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10213618
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/138855
Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID
147
WikiArt ID
ilya-bolotowsky
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrWD3Pf7Jc9KbKmcFRqcP
Yale LUX ID
person/a05985d0-a2d4-4b94-a853-5f18a16ec2be

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 26
Israel Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Museum of Art +18 more
Country of citizenship 3
United States, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
Employer 2
Black Mountain College, Long Island University
Member of 2
American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Abstract Artists
Occupation 2
painter, draftsperson
Award received 1
Guggenheim Fellowship
Educated at 1
National Academy of Design
Field of work 1
painting
Founded entities 1
American Abstract Artists
Given name 1
Ilya
Influenced by 1
De Stijl
Instance of 1
human
Movement 1
abstract art
Place of birth 1
Saint Petersburg
Place of burial 1
Baku
Place of death 1
Lower East Side
Residence 1
Lower East Side
Sex or gender 1
male
Spouse 1
Esphyr Slobodkina
Spouses 1
Esphyr Slobodkina
Work location 1
United States
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Summary

Ilya Bolotowsky was born on July 1, 1907[1], in Saint Petersburg[2]. He died on November 22, 1981[3], in Lower East Side[4]. He worked as a painter[5] and draftsperson[6].

FAQs

Where was Ilya Bolotowsky born?

Ilya Bolotowsky was born in Saint Petersburg[2].

Where did Ilya Bolotowsky die?

Ilya Bolotowsky passed away in Lower East Side[4].

Who was Ilya Bolotowsky married to?

Ilya Bolotowsky's spouses include Esphyr Slobodkina[8].

What did Ilya Bolotowsky do for work?

Ilya Bolotowsky worked as a painter[5] and draftsperson[6].

Where did Ilya Bolotowsky go to school?

Ilya Bolotowsky was educated at National Academy of Design[15].

What awards did Ilya Bolotowsky receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[16].

Related Entities

Brooklyn Museum Carnegie Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Detroit Institute of Arts Israel Museum Long Island University Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art Russian Empire San Francisco Museum of Modern Art United States Whitney Museum of American Art

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . americanabstractartists.org. Retrieved . americanabstractartists.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . DACS register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Tadiken · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oral history at → George Mason University Libraries Special Collections Research Center
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  2. 22w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Ilya, Ilya
    Artist files at → Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library +1
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files, WikiProject New York Public Library
    Place of birth → Saint Petersburg
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