biography of Vladimir PAVLOSKY (1884-1944)

Birth place: Ukraine, Russia

Addresses: Boston, MA

Profession: Painter, decorator

Studied: with father, Gregiory Pavlosky, decorator of ecclesiastical interiors.

Exhibited: Grace Horn Gal., 1922; Copley S., BMFA, 1923; Doll & Richards Gals., Boston (solos: 1924-29 annually; 1939, 1941, 1944); Carson Pirie & Scott, Chicago, 1928, 1931; AIC, 1928-29, 1931; Boston WCS; Gal. on the Moors; Gloucester SA; Gloucester AA; Rockport AA; North Shore AA; Carnegie Inst. Art; Vose Gals.; Ogunquit (ME) AC

Member: Boston WCS; Copley Soc.; Boston GA; Gloucester AA; Gloucester SA; Rockport AA, North Shore AA

Work: Commissions: interior, St. Mary's Polish Church & murals, Fenway Theater & Orpheum Theater, all in Boston; Strand Theater, Lynn, MA

Comments: Emigrated to America, age 20, to avoid conscription in the Tsar's Army. He came from a long line of Russian interior decorators who were well-trained painters, gilders, and carvers. Pavlosky was skilled as an allegorical painter but specialized in shore scenes depicting the life of Gloucester (MA) fishermen and the coast of Maine. Considered Winslow Homer his muse.

Sources: biographical info courtesy of Selma Koss Holtz, Waban, MA