Albert Kotin belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic, including in Paris.
10 Facts About Albert Kotin
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Albert Kotin was born August 7,1907, in Minsk, Russian Empire and emigrated to the US in 1908.
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Albert Kotin won competitions that were funded through commissions under the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture in Ada, Ohio, and in Arlington, New Jersey.
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Albert Kotin completed two WPA murals, The City and The Marsh for the Kearney, New Jersey, post office in 1938.
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Albert Kotin served in the US Army military service during World War II.
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Albert Kotin soon joined the "Downtown Group" which represented a group of artists who found studios in lower Manhattan in the area bounded by 8th and 12th street between First and Sixth Avenues during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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In 1949 Albert Kotin joined the "Artists' Club" located at 39 East 8th Street.
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Albert Kotin participated in all the invitational New York Painting and Sculpture Annuals.
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Albert Kotin was among the 24 out of a total 256 New York School artists who was included in all the Annuals.
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Albert Kotin died on February 6,1980, in New York City from lung cancer.