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Filmus was a Russian/American, son of Michael Filmus a.
Tully Filmus, born in Ataki Bessarabia (Russia) on Aug 29 son of Michael Filmus and Eva Gustoff he attended school....
Tully Filmus
American painter (1903–1998)
Tully Filmus (1903 - 1998) was an American realist painter.
Early life
He was born Naftuli (Anatol) Filmus in Ataki, Bessarabia, in 1903. In 1913, his parents Michael and Eva Filmus moved the family to Philadelphia.[1]
Career
From 1924 to 1927, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Henry McCarter.
In 1930, he moved to New York, where he took a job with a small art agency where he became friends with Anton Refregier and Willem de Kooning.
Summary: An interview of Boris Gorelick conducted May 20, by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.In 1936, he joined American artists in contributing painting to Biro-Bidjan Museum in the U.S.S.R. In 1937, he exhibited at the American Artists Congress and joined the faculty of the American Artists School. In 1938, he also joined the faculty of the Cooper Union School of Art.
He has exhibited in the Whitney Museum Annual and the American Artists Congress. One of his paintings was acquired by the permanent collection of New York University. Other museums tha
