Robert Jay Wolff  (American, 1905-1978) 

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Robert Jay Wolff Biography
1928   Chicago Art Institute
1930   École des Beaux Arts, Paris
1932   Returned to Chicago and continued to work in sculpture
1933 - 1934   Wolff's sculpture received prizes in juried shows at the Chicago Art Institute
1935   Wolff's sculpture received prizes in a one-man exhibition
1936   Began abstract painting
1937   Became a member of Abstract American Artists
  Attended Yale University
  Professor of Art at Brooklyn College, department chairman
Selected Exhibitions
1937 - 1975   Annual group exhibitions Abstract American Artists
1935   Individual exhibition of sculpture at the Chicago Art Institute
1933 - 1934   Juried sculpture shows at the Chicago Art institute
Selected Public Collections
  Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum of Art, estate of Alexander Calder, estate of Marcel Breuer, Guggenheim Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Tate Gallery in London, and the Wadsworth Athenaeum
Literature
1971   Wolff’s book, Essays on Art and Learning, was published