Ivan OLINSKY (1878-1962) ✿

Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky (1878-1962) was a Russian-American painter and art instructor. Olinsky was born in Elizabethgrad, Russia (now Kirovohrad, Ukraine). After immigrating to the United States at the age of twelve he studied at the National Academy of Design, then worked for the American muralist George Willoughby Maynard, then for Elmer Garnsey, then for John La Farge in Boston until about 1906. Olinsky became best known for his female portraits in a style that tended towards Impressionism.