Skip to profile content
Discovery
Log In
All Artists

Milton Wolski

American

1916–1981

Works

Filters

Category
Select categories
Size
0 in 20 in
Reset
Orientation
Portrait Landscape Square
Clear Filters
  1. Seated Nude by Milton Wolski, Image 1.

    Milton Wolski

    Seated Nude, 1957

    Oil on Board

    16 x 12 in (40.64 x 30.48 cm)

An artist active in both Omaha, Nebraska and New York City, Milton Wolsky was known for his magazine illustrations as well as for abstract paintings, one of which caused a lot of controversy in 1964 when it was chosen for an award in the Governor's Invitational Art Show. One of his best known works was a paint-splashed pair of jeans mounted in a collage titled Omaha-6994.

He was a graduate of the University of Omaha and then studied four years at the Chicago Art Institute. From 1946 to 1954, he lived in New York and studied with Hans Hofmann and Julian Levi and became a noted magazine illustrator. He returned to Omaha where, until 1978, he worked for the advertising firm of Bozell and Jacobs and then devoted himself full-time...
https://www.askart.com/artist/Milton_Laban_Wolsky/70822/Milton_Laban_Wolsky.aspx
Image of artist