Boris Lovet Lorski
1899-1973

Born in Lithuania at the end of the nineteenth century, Boris Lovet-Lorski studied art at the Imperial Academy of Art in St. Petersburg before working there briefly as an architect.  He immigrated to New York in 1920 and became an American citizen five years later.  His sculptures epitomize the ideals of the Art Deco decades: comprised of sleek lines and smooth surfaces, the streamlined compositions reflect the new technological forms of the machine age.  Despite their modernist treatment, Lovet-Lorski’s elegant, stylized figures reference both ancient and classical sources and are characterized by a universal and serene sensibility.  Concentrating on figural busts, familial groups, and standing female nudes as his subject matter, the artist rendered them in a variety of media.  The materials range from the traditional bronze and marble to exotic woods and unusual stones; each is carefully selected so that its surface texture and color contribute to the emotive aura of the work.