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Gregory
Orloff (1890-1981) was born in Kiev, Russia, where he started his art
education. After moving to the U.S. he studied at the National Academy
of Design in New York and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
During the Great Depression, Orloff lived in Chicago and worked as an
artist for the Works Progress Administration. “I doubt whether I
express in my work the spirit of any definite group – religious,
political or economic, “ Orloff says in the book, Art of Today:
Chicago, 1933, “but I feel more interested in the manifestations
of life as it is lived by the great mass of mankind than by the select
few.” This exhibition features more than 60 prints including
lithographs, woodcuts, and etchings. While some works, created in the
1920s, are clearly inspired by early modernism, most reflect
Orloff’s later fascination with social realism and regional art.
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