About The Artist:
Tully Filmus
Born in Ataki, Bessarabia (Russia) on Aug. 29, 1903, son of Michael Filmus and Eva Gustoff, he attended schools in Philadelphia including Central High School, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation. He lived in NYC in the 1930s and 1940s, then moved to Great Neck where he lived with his family until his wife, Gladys, died in 1991. At that time he moved to Great Barrington to live with his sons. Mr. Filmus was a renowned...
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About The Medium:
Pastel
An art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation.