Esphyr Slobodkina
Esphyr Slobodkina was a member of the Artists’ Union, the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project (WPA/FAP), and the American Abstract Artists (AAA) group. Slobodkina served these organizations in administrative positions in varying capacities from through the s.
Financial support for these entities was critical. Fundraising for exhibition expenses was secured through exciting galas and promotional shows. The groups needed exposure and positive coverage by the press for their survival. Slobodkina played an important role in the design and presentation of many brochures, posters, and written materials used for these artists’ events.
This image gallery presents a chronological display of brochures and invitations preserved in the Slobodkina Foundation archives.
As an advocate of abstract art, Slobodkina’s participation in the avant-garde activities and exhibitions helped to achieve recognition for abstract art in the United States.
Books by Esphyr Slobodkina
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Esphyr Slobodkina
ESPHYR SLOBODKINA: SELECTED BOOKS
Stavitsky, Gail and Elizabeth Wylie. The Art and Life of Esphyr Slobodkina. Tufts
University Art Gallery,
Kraskin, Mulhearn Sayer, Marcus, Cantor. Rediscovering Slobodkina: A Pioneer of American Abstraction, Hudson Hills Press,
Articles, Book Excerpts, and Reviews, Arranged Chronologically
Genauer, Emily. “Public Art Exhibition Quality Varied.” New York World Telegram, July 25, , 14B.
Slobodkina’s first critical review. “Esphyr Bolotowsky…is earnestly struggling to get at something, and in the near-abstraction labeled The Angelo-Herndon Petition she nearly arrives. The thing is still disjointed. But there are elements like the vertical use of reds in the design, the red banner overhead serving to unify the canvas, and the tensions and repetition of certain motifs, which definitely indicate an attempt to achieve plastically ordered form.”
Jewell, Edward Allen. “Abstract Artists Open Show Today.” New York Times, April 6, ,
Slobodkina mentioned in this review of the first American Abstract Artists annual at Squibb Gallery.
Klein, Jerome. “Abstract Artists Make New Stand.” New York Post, April 10, &
Esphyr Slobodkina
View Esphyr Slobodkina&#;s art throughout her lifetime, beginning in the s.
Born on September 22 in Chelyabinsk, Siberia, to Itta L’Vovna Agranovich Slobodkina, a dressmaker, and Solomon Aronovich Slobodkin, manager of MAZUT, the town’s oil yard. Youngest of five children.
Illness and sudden death of oldest brother, Yasha.
Family moved to Ufa, Russia when father received a promotion.
Revolution and beginning of Russian Civil War.
Inspired by an exhibition of David Burliuk’s Cubo-Futurist paintings in Ufa
As the war escalated and conditions in Ufa worsened, the family fled to Vladivostok, a harbor city in eastern Russia, via the
Trans-Siberian Express. Living as refugees, the Slobodkina family became impoverished and struggled for survival.
Art through the s &#; The Beginning
Desperate to make money, Slobodkina, along with mother and sister, moved to Harbin, Manchuria. Mother’s establishment of dressmaking salon.
Madame Slobodkina (center, polka-dot dress) with her workforce in front of her Harbin dress shop, c.
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Family reunited in Harbin. Slobodkina entered a co-ed junior high school (IInd Realnoye Uchilisc
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