Blatas, Arbit, 1909- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

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Blatas, Arbit, 1909- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/196723187

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6966707

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Blatas, Arbit

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Arbit Blatas (1908-1999) was born a Russian Jew in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1908. He began painting very early, and had his first exhibition at the age of 14. His father refused to let him go to Paris to study unless he could prove he was talented, so at 17 the two of them went to Riga to see a painter there and have him assess young Blatas' skills. Fortunately, he deemed the boy very talented and so Blatas' father agreed to let him go to Paris. He arrived in Paris at the pe...