Better known as a sculptor who revived direct carving of stone and emphasized use of the pattern and texture of materials, Lovet-Lorski’s sense of the tactility and texture of a medium suited him perfectly to abstract expressionist painting. His rare watercolor and gouache excursions into action painting abandon the cold simplicity of his Art-Deco mode and take full advantage of movement and life of the paint media.

An eminent sculptor in the Art-Deco style, Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894 and studied art at the Imperial Academy of Art in St. Petersburg where he worked briefly as an architect. Events leading to the Russian Revolution caused him to leave his homeland in 1913, and in 1920, he moved to the United States and settled first in New York City, and later in Beverly Hills. During his working life, he achieved prominence as a Modernist sculptor, but due to the fact that his work was mainly commissioned by private clients, his work began to slip into obscurity after his death. A decade later, a large selection of his major works of the 1920s and 1930s was discovered in his New York atelier bringing his art into prominence once again. He was an associate member of the National Academy of Design and a member of the National Sculpture Society, as well as the Salons of Paris. He exhibited internationally and held numerous solo exhibitions.

Memberships
National Academy of Design
Society of Independent Artists
National Sculpture Society
Lotos Club
Salons of Paris

Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum of Art
San Diego Fine Arts Museums
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Seattle Art Museum
San Francisco Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Musée national d’Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou