[Arbit Blatas] : artist file 1900-

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[Arbit Blatas] : artist file 1900-

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John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library

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John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library

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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library.

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Arbit Blatas,

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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...