Ilya Bolotowsky was a leading early 20th-century Russian-American painter in abstract styles in New York City. His work, a search for philosophical order through visual expression, embraced cubism and geometric abstraction and was influenced by Dutch painter Piet Mondrian.
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“Abstract art.. searches for new ways to achieve harmony and equilibrium.”
Quoted in An Interview with Ilya Bolotowsky conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art (24 April 1968)
