The following is from artist/art writer Fred McCraw, 10/2002. It is both a history and a tribute. Dolya Goutman died December 15th 2001 at the age of 86. He was one of McCraw's teachers.
Dolya Goutman (1915-2001) came to the U.S. from Russia by way of Latvia and Holland, arriving with his parents in 1931. He was a boy of 16 in that year. His most vivid childhood memories were those of an exile waiting for visas in foreign lands. He had only early memories of Russia. But his father, a pro (showing 500 of 6114 characters). |
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