BACKGROUND
Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1915. Studied at the National Academy of Design from 1935 to 1941 under Leon Kroll. While studying in Europe in 1937, he was particularly influenced by the Italian painters Piero della Francesca, Mantegna and Giotto. The Paris Exposition of 1937 afforded a unique opportunity to study modern European painting.Wolins was one of the New York area artists associated with the W.P.A. Art Project, 1935 – 1941. Further trial and experiment in painting for the next five years led to participating in group shows. First one-man show was at the Contemporary Arts Gallery in New York, 1947.
EXHIBITIONS
World’s Fair, New York
J.B. Neumann Gallery, New York
Toledo Museum, Toledo Ohio
Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
University of Illinois Art Museum
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Whitney Museum, New York
Sao Paolo Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Norfolk Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio
SOLO SHOWS
Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York
Bodley Gallery, New York
Silvermine Guild, Norwalk, Connecticut
Agra Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Adler Gallery, New York
Perlow Gallery, New York
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Norfolk Museum, Virginia
Albrecht Museum, St. Joseph’s University, Missouri
The Museum in Ein Hod, Israel
Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio
Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut
New Britain Museum, Connecticut
Boca Raton Museum, Florida
Everson Art Museum, Syracuse, New York
Ball State University Art Museum, Muncie, Indiana
AWARDS
The Mark Rothko Award
Audobon Arts
National Institute of Arts and Letters
American Society of Contemporary Artists
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Who’s Who International
Who’s Who in American Art
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Richard Rogers
Melber Chambers
J. Weschler
Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kardiner
Lewis Harris
Charles Jackson
Alvin Grauer
Richard Lazaar
Rick Mester
Barry Tempkin
