biography of Gregory MASUROVSKY (1929-2009)

Birth place: Bronx, NY

Addresses: 75 Paris XIVe, France

Profession: Printmaker, illustrator

Studied: Black Mt. Col., NC, with Ilya Bolotowsky, 1947-48; ASL, with Will Barnet, 1952-53; Sorbonne, 1954-61.

Exhibited: IIe & IIIe Biennale Paris, 1961 & 1963; Documenta, Kassel, Ger., 1964; 1st Int. Biennial Graphic Art, Cracow, Poland, 1966; 5th Minn. Artists Biennial, Minneapolis Inst. Arts, 1967. Awards: Critics prize for drawing, IIe Biennale Paris, 1961; William & Noma Copley Found Award, 1963; Prix special, 1st Int Bienniel Graphic Art, Cracow, Poland, 1966.

Member: Club Laureats-Biennale Gravure, Cracow, Poland.

Work: MoMA; Fogg Art Mus., Cambridge, Mass.; Minneapolis Inst. Arts, Minn.; Carnegie Mus., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Ctr. Nat. Art Contemporain, Paris, France

Comments: Preferred media: ink, graphics. Positions: graphics monitor, ASL.

Sources: WW73; MC Lacoste, "Masurovsky-an American in Paris," Studio Int. (March, 1975); G. Boudaille, "Masurovsky," Climaise (May 1965); H. Kramer, "Art: Poetic Drawings by Masurovsky," New York Times, Feb. 27, 1971.