Glinsky, Vincent, 1895-1975

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Sculptor, etcher, lithographer, painter, teacher; New York, N.Y.

Born in Russia. Member of the National Sculpture Society, and the American Artist Congress. Served as an artist for the WPA-FAP in New York City. Exhibited at the National Academy of Design, Architectural League, Museum of Modern Art, Salon des Tuileries, Paris, and the Brooklyn Museum. Was a teacher at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y.

From the description of Vincent Glinsky papers, 1927-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557057

Vincent Glinsky, sculptor, was born in Russia on 18 Dec 1895. After coming to America in early childhood, he attended school in Syracuse, New York and then studied at Columbia University's School of Architecture (1924-1925), City College of New York, and the Beaux Arts Institute of Design. In 1935 Glinsky received a Guggenheim Fellowship and soon after left America to settle in Italy and then France. During the Depression Glinsky returned to the United States and worked as a WPA artist and architectural artist.

He has held many one-man shows both in Europe and in the United States. Among the exhibitions he has participated in are the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco, the International Watercolor Exhibition in Chicago, and the Contemporary American Art Exhibition in London in 1941.

From 1938-1940 he was the instructor of sculpture at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in New York. He also taught at Brooklyn College (1949-1955) and in Columbia University's Adult Education Division (summers, 1957-1961).

Glinsky belonged to many clubs and organizations, but his primary interest was in the Audubon Artists and the Architectural League of New York, of which he was vice-president from 1956 to 1958.

From the guide to the Vincent Glinsky Papers, 1929-1964, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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creatorOf Vincent Glinsky Papers, 1929-1964 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Glinsky, Vincent : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Chaim Gross papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Vincent Glinsky papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Cleo Hartwig papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Glinsky, Vincent, 1895-1975. Vincent Glinsky : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
referencedIn Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection Archives of American Art
referencedIn [Photographs and slides of art work handled by the Berman/Daferner gallery] Archives of American Art
creatorOf Glinsky, Vincent, 1895-1975. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
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correspondedWith Coolidge, John, 1913-1995 person
associatedWith Federal Art Project (N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991. person
associatedWith Hartwig, Cleo, 1911- person
associatedWith Herman, Andrew. person
associatedWith Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin), 1900-1982. person
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith National Academy of Design (U.S.) corporateBody
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Birth 1895-12-18

Death 1975-03-19

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