Abraham Baylinson
1882-1950

Working in a realist style influenced by modernism, Abraham Baylinson was a painter known for figural and still-life painting. He was born in Moscow and, like many Russian artists, emigrated to the United States in the early 20^th Century. As a young man, Baylinson studied at the Art Students League of New York, 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. During his training he sat alongside students such as Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Glenn Coleman, Eugene Speicher, and Patrick Henry Bruce. He also studied under Homer Boss.

 

He was secretary for the Society of Independent Artists from 1918-1934 and showed his work at the Society’s shows throughout his membership from 1917 until 1942. Baylinson was an instructor of drawing and painting at the Art Students League from 1931-1933. 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.