A. S. Baylinson Explained

Abraham Solomon Baylinson
Birth Name:Abraham Solomon Baylinson
Birth Date:6 January 1882
Birth Place:Moscow, Russia
Death Date:6 May 1950
Death Place:New York, New York
Nationality:Russian-American
Field:Painting
Training:Art Students League of New York
National Academy of Design

Abraham Solomon Baylinson (6 January 1882  - May 1950) was a Russian-American painter who was active in the early modernist movement.

Early life and education

Born in Moscow, Russia on 6 January 1882, the Baylinson family moved to the United States around 1892. Baylinson studied at the Art Students League of New York the National Academy of Design and the New York School of Art.[1] While at the New York School of Art he trained under Robert Henri and alongside students such as Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Glenn Coleman, Eugene Speicher, and Patrick Henry Bruce.[1] He also studied under Homer Boss.

Artistic career

He was secretary for the Society of Independent Artists from 1918 to 1934, and showed his work at the Society's shows from his joining in 1917 until 1942.[1] Baylinson was an instructor of drawing and painting at the Art Students League from 1931 to 1933. In early 1931 a fire destroyed almost twenty years of work related to Baylinson's career.[2] When he began painting after the fire his style had evolved into representational art.[3]

He died on 6 May 1950 in New York City.[4]

Notable exhibitions

Notable collections

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 . Abraham Solomon Baylinson (1882-1950) . . 30 Jun 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927143533/http://www.spanierman.com/Baylinson%2C-Abraham-S./bio/thumbs/biography . 2011-09-27 .
  2. News: Artist Lost Life's Work. A.S. Baylinson Had 500 Paintings in Burned Building . Stored in his sixth-floor studio, uninsured, were more than 504 paintings and drawings which AS Baylinson had completed during the last twenty years. . . January 31, 1931 . 2012-11-27 .
  3. Web site: 2005 . A. S. Baylinson papers, 1929-1955. A Finding Aid to the A. S. Baylinson Papers, 1929-1955, in the Archives of American Art, by Jean Fitzgerald . . 30 June 2011.
  4. News: A. S. Baylinson, 68, Art Leader, Dead. Ex-Secretary of Independent Society. Had Shown His Work in Leading U.S. Galleries . A.S. Baylinson, noted artist, whose paintings have been shown in the country's leading art galleries, died yesterday in his home at 54 West Seventy-fourth Street. His age was 68. . . May 7, 1950 . 2012-11-27 .