Gregory Orloff
American, 1890 - 1981
Known for his exquisite portraits of beautiful women and impressive views of urban life during the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, Gregory Orloff’s formidable talent and brash personality must have made him a memorable figure on Chicago’s art scene of the 1920s, '30s and '40s. The professional dancers Orloff painted were his friends and occasionally lovers; a fact not lost on his wife, who, it was reported in newspapers of the day, took him to court over his affairs.
Orloff came from Kiev, Russia to Chicago via New York, where he attended the National Academy of Design. At the Art Institute of Chicago Orloff was a student of Karl Buehr. A well-traveled and highly social man, he was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, the Chicago Society of Artists, the Woodstock Art Association and the South Side Art Association. His work was shown at the Art Institute of Chicago every year between 1925 and 1935 and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual of 1929.
Gregory Orloff’s paintings have been exhibited at such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the Illinois State Museum, Springfield; the Delphic Studios Exhibition, New York; the New Jersey State Museum Exhibition, Trenton; the Riverside Museum Exhibition, New York and the Terra Museum of Art, Chicago, among others. Orloff’s work is represented in the permanent collection of the Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL.
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Untitled (Michigan Dunes Scene), ca. 1920sWatercolor and pencil on paper6 x 7 inches
Provenance: Estate of the artist
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The Poet, 1928Oil on canvas28 x 24 inches
Signed and dated Gregory Orloff, '28 lower right.
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The Three Graces, ca. 1927Graphite on paper9 x 7 inches#15452
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The Park Bench, ca. 1927Graphite on paper6 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches
Provenance: Estate of the artist.
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Untitled (City Courtyard, Chicago), ca. 1930Graphite on paper10 x 6 1/4 inches#10893
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Untitled (Lincoln Park, Chicago), ca. 1930Watercolor on paper7 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
Provenance: Estate of the artist.
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Untitled (Seated Woman in an Interior), ca. 1929Watercolor and graphite on paper4 x 2 inches#10783
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Untitled (Hawker, Maxwell Street, Chicago), ca. 1930Watercolor and graphite on paper4 x 4 1/2 inches#10784
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Untitled (Still Life and City Window), ca. 1930Watercolor and ink on paper6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches#10892
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Untitled (Summer Landscape), ca. 1930Pastel on paper6 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches#10889
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Untitled (Figure), ca. 1927Monoprint on Japan paper6 x 5 inches#10931
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Untitled (Chicago Street Scene with Snow), ca. 1929Block print on paper5 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches#10779
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Untitled (Fort Dearborn & Modern Skyscapers), ca. 1930Block print in colors, on paper9 1/4 x 7 inches#10929
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Untitled (Factory Scene), ca. 1928Block print on paper7 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches
Signed with initials G.O. in plate, lower right.
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Untitled (The Statue of Liberty), ca. 1930Block print on paper9 1/2 x 6 inches#10785
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Untitled (Woman Looking Out of Window), ca. 1930Block print on paper4 x 3 3/4 inches#10919
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Untitled (City Scene with Roses), ca. 1928Block print on paper8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches#10924
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English Hunting Scene, ca. 1930Block print on paper9 3/4 x 11 inches
Signed Gregory Orloff lower right and initialed G.O in plate lower left; titled lower left
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Untitled (Warrior on Horse), ca. 1930Block print on paper6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches#10778
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Cabaret, ca. 1934Block print on paper11 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches
Signed lower right; titled lower left
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Untitled (Seated Nude Playing a Violin), ca. 1920sBlock print on paper5 1/4 x 5 inches
Signed in plate G. Orloff, lower left.
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Untitled (Seated Nude with Sunflowers), ca. 1920sBlock print on paper7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches#16057
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Untitled (Figure), ca. 1920sBlock print on paper4 1/2 x 4 inches#16059
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Untitled (Figure), ca. 1920sBlock print on paper4 1/2 x 4 inches#16060
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Untitled (Women Picking Apples), ca. 1930Block print on paper6 3/4 x 4 inches#10786
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Untitled (Two Women Reading), ca. 1920sBlock print on paper4 x 6 inches#10770
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Untitled (Figure), ca. 1920sBlock print on paper4 1/2 x 3 inches#16061
Known for his exquisite portraits of beautiful women and impressive views of urban life during the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, Gregory Orloff’s formidable talent and brash personality must have made him a memorable figure on Chicago’s art scene of the 1920s, '30s and '40s. The professional dancers Orloff painted were his friends and occasionally lovers; a fact not lost on his wife, who, it was reported in newspapers of the day, took him to court over his affairs.
Orloff came from Kiev, Russia to Chicago via New York, where he attended the National Academy of Design. At the Art Institute of Chicago Orloff was a student of Karl Buehr. A well-traveled and highly social man, he was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, the Chicago Society of Artists, the Woodstock Art Association and the South Side Art Association. His work was shown at the Art Institute of Chicago every year between 1925 and 1935 and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual of 1929.
Gregory Orloff’s paintings have been exhibited at such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the Illinois State Museum, Springfield; the Delphic Studios Exhibition, New York; the New Jersey State Museum Exhibition, Trenton; the Riverside Museum Exhibition, New York and the Terra Museum of Art, Chicago, among others. Orloff’s work is represented in the permanent collection of the Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL.
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