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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
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on 6 January 1882, the Baylinson family moved to the United States around 1892. Baylinson studied at the
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the National Academy of Design and the New York School of Art. While at the New York School of Art he trained under Robert Henri and alongside students such as Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Yasuo Kuniyoshi,
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, Eugene Speicher, and Patrick Henry Bruce. 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. 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. When he began painting after the fire his style had evolved into
representational art Representation is the use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else.Mitchell, W. 1995, "Representation", in F Lentricchia & T McLaughlin (eds), ''Critical Terms for Literary Study'', 2nd edn, University of Chicago Press, Chica ...
. He died on 6 May 1950 in New York City.


Notable exhibitions

*
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* Corcoran Gallery of Art * Detroit Institute of Art * National Gallery of Canada *
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. * Whitney Museum of American Art


Notable collections

* Metropolitan Museum of Art *
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* Newark Museum


Further reading

*Baylinson, A.S. ''A.S. Baylinson, 1882-1950: A memorial exhibition of paintings and conte crayon drawings : in the Art Students League Gallery, October 21st to November 10th, 1951''. New York: The Gallery (1951).


References

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