 Boston's Beacon Hill by Mirski artist Karl Zerbe. | |
| Formation | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Boris Mirski |
| Dissolved | 1979 |
| Type | Art gallery |
| Headquarters | 166 Newbury Street Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Services | Mounted solo, group, and touring exhibitions of figurative and abstract Avant-garde, Boston Expressionist and African art. Also provided framing services and fine arts instruction. |
Gallery director | Alan Fink |
The Boris Mirski Gallery (1944–1979) was a Boston art gallery owned by Boris Chaim Mirski (1898–1974).[1] The gallery was known for exhibiting key figures in Boston Expressionism, New York and international modern art styles and non-western art. For years, the gallery dominated with both figurative and African work.[2][3] As an art dealer, Mirski was known for supporting young, emerging artists, including many Jewish-Americans, as well as artists of color, women artists and immigrants. As a result of Mirski's avant-garde approach to art and diversified approach to dealing art, the gallery was at the center of Boston's burgeoning modern mid-century art scene, as well as instrumental in the birth and development of Boston Expressionism, the most significant branch of American Figurative Expressionism.
- ^ Bookbinder 2005.
- ^ Giuliano, Charles (April 4, 2017). "Boston Art Dealer Alan Fink is Dead: Art Was the Family Business". Berkshire Fine Arts. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- ^ Plankensteiner, Barbara (August 2005), Review of Blier, Suzanne, ed., Art of the Senses: African Masterpieces from the Teel Collection, H-AfrArts, H-Review, retrieved September 12, 2021