![]() ![]() ![]() In 1938 Slobodkina met the children's author Margaret Wise Brown. Like other Russian modernists, surrounded by ancient icons and a rich craft tradition, Slobodkina developed a lifelong appreciation of clear, rich colors, and flat, stylized forms.Īccording to her biography on the HarperCollins website, Along with Ilya, Slobodkina was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists group, which began amid controversy in 1936. It was there that she met her future husband, Russian-born Ilya Bolotowsky (they divorced in 1938). ![]() She enrolled at the National Academy of Design. Slobodkina immigrated to the United States in 1928. The Russian Revolution of 1917 created an unstable and dangerous climate for their Jewish family and she emigrated with her family to Harbin, Manchuria ( China), where she studied art and architecture. Slobodkina was a celebrated avant garde artist and feminist in the middle part of the 20th century.Įsphyr Slobodkina ( ESS-phere sloh-BOD-kee-nah) was born in Chelyabinsk, Russian Empire in 1908. Slobodkina seated in front of Irish Elegy, c.1948-50Įsphyr Slobodkina ( Russian: Эсфирь Соломоновна Слободкина Septem– July 21, 2002) was a Russian Empire-born American artist, author, and illustrator, best known for her classic children's picture book Caps for Sale. ![]()
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