About The Artist:
Boris Vasiloff
At the suggestion of Carol Ell of the Seacliff, New York Museum, the following is from the "Record-Pilot" newspaper, December 15, 2000. Artist Boris Vassiloff was born on March 24, 1906 to Julia Nikolaevna and Boris Ivanovich Vassiloff in Russia. He died peacefully on Dec. 4, 2000 in Sea Cliff. Boris' first teacher was his father, followed by a Russian government school and three years in the best art academy in Leningrad. Being unable to...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.